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V-282679CAT II — Medium severitySV-282679r1201334_rule

TOSS 5 must configure a DNS processing mode set in Network Manager.

Rule version TOSS-05-000205 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-20

Discussion

In order to ensure that DNS resolver settings are respected, a DNS mode in Network Manager must be configured.

Check

Verify TOSS 5 has a DNS mode configured in Network Manager.

$ NetworkManager --print-config [main] dns=none

If the dns key under main does not exist or is not set to "none" or "default", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure NetworkManager in TOSS 5 to use a DNS mode.

In "/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf" add the following line in the "[main]" section:

dns = none

Reload NetworkManager for the change to take effect.

$ sudo systemctl reload NetworkManager

Identifiers

Group ID
V-282679
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-282679r1201334_rule
Check ID
C-87240r1201015_chk
Fix ID
F-87145r1201333_fix