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Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version: 3

Release: 6 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026

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SV-216246r986419_ruleThe audit system must produce records containing sufficient information to establish the identity of any user/subject associated with the event.
SV-216249r958430_ruleThe operating system must provide the capability to automatically process audit records for events of interest based upon selectable, event criteria.
SV-216251r958446_ruleThe operating system must generate audit records for the selected list of auditable events as defined in DoD list of events.
SV-216253r958412_ruleAudit records must include what type of events occurred.
SV-216254r958414_ruleAudit records must include when (date and time) the events occurred.
SV-216255r958416_ruleAudit records must include where the events occurred.
SV-216256r958418_ruleAudit records must include the sources of the events that occurred.
SV-216257r958420_ruleAudit records must include the outcome (success or failure) of the events that occurred.
SV-216258r959010_ruleThe audit system must be configured to audit file deletions.
SV-216259r958368_ruleThe audit system must be configured to audit account creation.
SV-216260r958590_ruleThe audit system must be configured to audit account modification.
SV-216261r958592_ruleThe operating system must automatically audit account disabling actions.
SV-216262r958594_ruleThe operating system must automatically audit account termination.
SV-216263r959010_ruleThe operating system must ensure unauthorized, security-relevant configuration changes detected are tracked.
SV-216264r959010_ruleThe audit system must be configured to audit all administrative, privileged, and security actions.
SV-216265r958406_ruleThe audit system must be configured to audit login, logout, and session initiation.
SV-216268r959010_ruleThe audit system must be configured to audit failed attempts to access files and programs.
SV-216269r958440_ruleThe operating system must protect against an individual falsely denying having performed a particular action. In order to do so the system must be configured to send audit records to a remote audit server.
SV-216270r959010_ruleThe auditing system must not define a different auditing level for specific users.
SV-216273r958424_ruleThe operating system must alert designated organizational officials in the event of an audit processing failure.
SV-216276r1038966_ruleThe operating system must shut down by default upon audit failure (unless availability is an overriding concern).
SV-216277r958434_ruleThe operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized access.
SV-216280r959010_ruleThe System packages must be up to date with the most recent vendor updates and security fixes.
SV-216282r958610_ruleThe operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized access.
SV-216283r958612_ruleThe operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.
SV-216284r958614_ruleThe operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized deletion.
SV-216285r958634_ruleSystem packages must be configured with the vendor-provided files, permissions, and ownerships.
SV-216286r959010_ruleThe finger daemon package must not be installed.
SV-216287r959010_ruleThe legacy remote network access utilities daemons must not be installed.
SV-216288r959010_ruleThe NIS package must not be installed.
SV-216289r959010_ruleThe pidgin IM client package must not be installed.
SV-216290r959010_ruleThe FTP daemon must not be installed unless required.
SV-216291r959010_ruleThe TFTP service daemon must not be installed unless required.
SV-216292r959010_ruleThe telnet service daemon must not be installed unless required.
SV-216293r959010_ruleThe UUCP service daemon must not be installed unless required.
SV-216294r959010_ruleThe rpcbind service must be configured for local only services unless organizationally defined.
SV-216295r959010_ruleThe VNC server package must not be installed unless required.
SV-216297r958478_ruleThe operating system must be configured to provide essential capabilities.
SV-216299r959010_ruleAll run control scripts must have mode 0755 or less permissive.
SV-216300r959010_ruleAll run control scripts must have no extended ACLs.
SV-216301r959010_ruleRun control scripts executable search paths must contain only authorized paths.
SV-216302r959010_ruleRun control scripts library search paths must contain only authorized paths.
SV-216303r959010_ruleRun control scripts lists of preloaded libraries must contain only authorized paths.
SV-216304r959010_ruleRun control scripts must not execute world writable programs or scripts.
SV-216305r959010_ruleAll system start-up files must be owned by root.
SV-216306r959010_ruleAll system start-up files must be group-owned by root, sys, or bin.
SV-216307r959010_ruleSystem start-up files must only execute programs owned by a privileged UID or an application.
SV-216308r959010_ruleAny X Windows host must write .Xauthority files.
SV-216309r959010_ruleAll .Xauthority files must have mode 0600 or less permissive.
SV-216310r959010_ruleThe .Xauthority files must not have extended ACLs.
SV-216311r959010_ruleX displays must not be exported to the world.
SV-216312r959010_rule.Xauthority or X*.hosts (or equivalent) file(s) must be used to restrict access to the X server.
SV-216313r959010_ruleThe .Xauthority utility must only permit access to authorized hosts.
SV-216314r959010_ruleX Window System connections that are not required must be disabled.
SV-216315r959010_ruleThe graphical login service provides the capability of logging into the system using an X-Windows type interface from the console. If graphical login access for the console is required, the service must be in local-only mode.
SV-216316r959010_ruleGeneric Security Services (GSS) must be disabled.
SV-216317r959010_ruleSystems services that are not required must be disabled.
SV-216318r959010_ruleTCP Wrappers must be enabled and configured per site policy to only allow access by approved hosts and services.
SV-216321r1038967_ruleUser passwords must be changed at least every 60 days.
SV-216322r958364_ruleThe operating system must automatically terminate temporary accounts within 72 hours.
SV-216323r1016269_ruleThe operating system must enforce minimum password lifetime restrictions.
SV-216324r1016270_ruleUser passwords must be at least 15 characters in length.
SV-216326r1016271_ruleThe system must require at least eight characters be changed between the old and new passwords during a password change.
SV-216327r1016272_ruleThe system must require passwords to contain at least one uppercase alphabetic character.
SV-216328r1016273_ruleThe operating system must enforce password complexity requiring that at least one lowercase character is used.
SV-216329r1016274_ruleThe system must require passwords to contain at least one numeric character.
SV-216330r1016275_ruleThe system must require passwords to contain at least one special character.
SV-216331r959010_ruleThe system must require passwords to contain no more than three consecutive repeating characters.
SV-216332r959010_ruleThe system must not have accounts configured with blank or null passwords.
SV-216333r1016276_ruleSystems must employ cryptographic hashes for passwords using the SHA-2 family of algorithms or FIPS 140-2 approved successors.
SV-216334r958388_ruleThe system must disable accounts after three consecutive unsuccessful login attempts.
SV-216335r959010_ruleThe delay between login prompts following a failed login attempt must be at least 4 seconds.
SV-216336r958400_ruleThe system must require users to re-authenticate to unlock a graphical desktop environment.
SV-216337r958402_ruleGraphical desktop environments provided by the system must automatically lock after 15 minutes of inactivity.
SV-216338r959010_ruleThe system must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.
SV-216340r1016277_ruleThe operating system must require individuals to be authenticated with an individual authenticator prior to using a group authenticator.
SV-216341r959010_ruleThe default umask for system and users must be 077.
SV-216342r959010_ruleThe default umask for FTP users must be 077.
SV-216343r959010_ruleThe value mesg n must be configured as the default setting for all users.
SV-216344r1016278_ruleUser accounts must be locked after 35 days of inactivity.
SV-216347r959010_ruleLogin services for serial ports must be disabled.
SV-216348r959010_ruleAccess to a domain console via telnet must be restricted to the local host.
SV-216349r959010_ruleAccess to a logical domain console must be restricted to authorized users.
SV-216350r959010_ruleThe nobody access for RPC encryption key storage service must be disabled.
SV-216351r959010_ruleX11 forwarding for SSH must be disabled.
SV-216353r959010_ruleThe rhost-based authentication for SSH must be disabled.
SV-216354r959010_ruleDirect root account login must not be permitted for SSH access.
SV-216355r959010_ruleLogin must not be permitted with empty/null passwords for SSH.
SV-216356r970703_ruleThe operating system must terminate the network connection associated with a communications session at the end of the session or after 10 minutes of inactivity.
SV-216357r959010_ruleHost-based authentication for login-based services must be disabled.
SV-216358r959010_ruleThe use of FTP must be restricted.
SV-216359r959010_ruleThe system must not allow autologin capabilities from the GNOME desktop.
SV-216360r959010_ruleUnauthorized use of the at or cron capabilities must not be permitted.
SV-216361r959010_ruleLogins to the root account must be restricted to the system console only.
SV-216362r987814_ruleThe operating system, upon successful logon, must display to the user the date and time of the last logon (access).
SV-216363r1016279_ruleThe operating system must provide the capability for users to directly initiate session lock mechanisms.
SV-216364r958404_ruleThe operating system session lock mechanism, when activated on a device with a display screen, must place a publicly viewable pattern onto the associated display, hiding what was previously visible on the screen.
SV-216365r959010_ruleThe operating system must not allow logins for users with blank passwords.
SV-216366r959010_ruleThe operating system must prevent remote devices that have established a non-remote connection with the system from communicating outside of the communication path with resources in external networks.
SV-216367r958398_ruleThe operating system must limit the number of concurrent sessions for each account to an organization-defined number of sessions.
SV-216368r959010_ruleThe system must disable directed broadcast packet forwarding.
SV-216369r959010_ruleThe system must not respond to ICMP timestamp requests.
SV-216370r959010_ruleThe system must not respond to ICMP broadcast timestamp requests.
SV-216371r959010_ruleThe system must not respond to ICMP broadcast netmask requests.
SV-216372r959010_ruleThe system must not respond to broadcast ICMP echo requests.
SV-216373r959010_ruleThe system must not respond to multicast echo requests.
SV-216374r959010_ruleThe system must ignore ICMP redirect messages.
SV-216375r959010_ruleThe system must set strict multihoming.
SV-216376r959010_ruleThe system must disable ICMP redirect messages.
SV-216377r959010_ruleThe system must disable TCP reverse IP source routing.
SV-216378r959010_ruleThe system must set maximum number of half-open TCP connections to 4096.
SV-216379r959010_ruleThe system must set maximum number of incoming connections to 1024.
SV-216380r959010_ruleThe system must disable network routing unless required.
SV-216381r959010_ruleThe system must implement TCP Wrappers.
SV-216387r1045450_ruleThe boundary protection system (firewall) must be configured to deny network traffic by default and must allow network traffic by exception (i.e., deny all, permit by exception).
SV-216394r959010_ruleThe system must prevent local applications from generating source-routed packets.
SV-216395r1184793_ruleThe operating system must display the DOD-approved system use notification message or banner before granting access to the system for general system logons.
SV-216396r958390_ruleThe operating system must display the DoD approved system use notification message or banner for SSH connections.
SV-216397r1184796_ruleThe GNOME service must display the DOD-approved system use notification message or banner before granting access to the system.
SV-216398r1184798_ruleThe FTP service must display the DOD-approved system use notification message or banner before granting access to the system.
SV-216399r986416_ruleThe operating system must terminate all sessions and network connections when nonlocal maintenance is completed.
SV-216400r959010_ruleThe operating system must prevent internal users from sending out packets which attempt to manipulate or spoof invalid IP addresses.
SV-216401r958358_ruleWireless network adapters must be disabled.
SV-216402r958358_ruleThe operating system must use mechanisms for authentication to a cryptographic module meeting the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for such authentication.
SV-216410r958408_ruleThe operating system must implement DoD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions.
SV-216411r959010_ruleThe operating system must use cryptographic mechanisms to protect and restrict access to information on portable digital media.
SV-216413r958552_ruleThe operating system must protect the confidentiality and integrity of information at rest.
SV-216415r958576_ruleThe operating system must use cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit information.
SV-216417r959010_ruleThe sticky bit must be set on all world writable directories.
SV-216418r959010_rulePermissions on user home directories must be 750 or less permissive.
SV-216419r959010_rulePermissions on user . (hidden) files must be 750 or less permissive.
SV-216420r959010_rulePermissions on user .netrc files must be 750 or less permissive.
SV-216421r959010_ruleThere must be no user .rhosts files.
SV-216422r959010_ruleGroups assigned to users must exist in the /etc/group file.
SV-216423r959010_ruleUsers must have a valid home directory assignment.
SV-216424r959010_ruleAll user accounts must be configured to use a home directory that exists.
SV-216425r959010_ruleAll home directories must be owned by the respective user assigned to it in /etc/passwd.
SV-216426r958482_ruleDuplicate User IDs (UIDs) must not exist for users within the organization.
SV-216427r958504_ruleDuplicate UIDs must not exist for multiple non-organizational users.
SV-216428r959010_ruleDuplicate Group IDs (GIDs) must not exist for multiple groups.
SV-216429r959010_ruleReserved UIDs 0-99 must only be used by system accounts.
SV-216430r959010_ruleDuplicate user names must not exist.
SV-216431r959010_ruleDuplicate group names must not exist.
SV-216432r959010_ruleUser .netrc files must not exist.
SV-216433r959010_ruleThe system must not allow users to configure .forward files.
SV-216434r959010_ruleWorld-writable files must not exist.
SV-216435r959010_ruleAll valid SUID/SGID files must be documented.
SV-216436r959010_ruleThe operating system must have no unowned files.
SV-216437r959010_ruleThe operating system must have no files with extended attributes.
SV-216438r959010_ruleThe root account must be the only account with GID of 0.
SV-216439r958566_ruleThe operating system must reveal error messages only to authorized personnel.
SV-216441r959010_ruleThe operator must document all file system objects that have non-standard access control list settings.
SV-216442r1155800_ruleThe operating system must be a supported release.
SV-216443r959010_ruleThe system must implement non-executable program stacks.
SV-216444r959010_ruleAddress Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) must be enabled.
SV-216445r959010_ruleProcess core dumps must be disabled unless needed.
SV-216446r959010_ruleThe system must be configured to store any process core dumps in a specific, centralized directory.
SV-216447r959010_ruleThe centralized process core dump data directory must be owned by root.
SV-216448r959010_ruleThe centralized process core dump data directory must be group-owned by root, bin, or sys.
SV-216449r959010_ruleThe centralized process core dump data directory must have mode 0700 or less permissive.
SV-216450r959010_ruleKernel core dumps must be disabled unless needed.
SV-216451r959010_ruleThe kernel core dump data directory must be owned by root.
SV-216452r959010_ruleThe kernel core dump data directory must be group-owned by root.
SV-216453r959010_ruleThe kernel core dump data directory must have mode 0700 or less permissive.
SV-216454r959010_ruleThe system must require passwords to change the boot device settings. (SPARC)
SV-216455r959010_ruleThe operating system must implement transaction recovery for transaction-based systems.
SV-216456r1190826_ruleSNMP default community strings and passphrases must be changed from vendor defaults.
SV-216457r959010_ruleA file integrity baseline must be created, maintained, and reviewed at least weekly to determine if unauthorized changes have been made to important system files located in the root file system.
SV-216459r959010_ruleDirect logins must not be permitted to shared, default, application, or utility accounts.
SV-216460r959010_ruleThe system must not have any unnecessary accounts.
SV-216461r959010_ruleThe operating system must conduct backups of user-level information contained in the operating system per organization-defined frequency to conduct backups consistent with recovery time and recovery point objectives.
SV-216462r959010_ruleThe operating system must conduct backups of system-level information contained in the information system per organization-defined frequency to conduct backups that are consistent with recovery time and recovery point objectives.
SV-216463r959010_ruleThe operating system must conduct backups of operating system documentation including security-related documentation per organization-defined frequency to conduct backups that is consistent with recovery time and recovery point objectives.
SV-216464r958544_ruleThe operating system must prevent the execution of prohibited mobile code.
SV-216465r959010_ruleThe operating system must employ PKI solutions at workstations, servers, or mobile computing devices on the network to create, manage, distribute, use, store, and revoke digital certificates.
SV-216467r959010_ruleThe operating system must employ malicious code protection mechanisms at workstations, servers, or mobile computing devices on the network to detect and eradicate malicious code transported by electronic mail, electronic mail attachments, web accesses, removable media, or other common means.
SV-216469r958574_ruleThe operating system must back up audit records at least every seven days onto a different system or system component than the system or component being audited.
SV-216470r1099906_ruleAll manual editing of system-relevant files shall be done using the pfedit command, which logs changes made to the files.
SV-216473r958528_ruleThe operating system must manage excess capacity, bandwidth, or other redundancy to limit the effects of information flooding types of denial of service attacks.
SV-216474r959010_ruleThe /etc/zones directory, and its contents, must have the vendor default owner, group, and permissions.
SV-216475r959010_ruleThe limitpriv zone option must be set to the vendor default or less permissive.
SV-216476r959010_ruleThe systems physical devices must not be assigned to non-global zones.
SV-216477r959010_ruleThe audit system must identify in which zone an event occurred.
SV-216478r959010_ruleThe audit system must maintain a central audit trail for all zones.
SV-216479r959010_ruleThe operating system must monitor for unauthorized connections of mobile devices to organizational information systems.
SV-219959r958768_ruleThe audit system must support an audit reduction capability.
SV-219960r958774_ruleThe audit system records must be able to be used by a report generation capability.
SV-219961r958442_ruleThe audit records must provide data for all auditable events defined at the organizational level for the organization-defined information system components.
SV-219962r958442_ruleThe operating system must support the capability to compile audit records from multiple components within the system into a system-wide (logical or physical) audit trail that is time-correlated to within organization-defined level of tolerance.
SV-219963r958442_ruleThe audit system must be configured to audit all discretionary access control permission modifications.
SV-219964r958442_ruleThe audit system must be configured to audit the loading and unloading of dynamic kernel modules.
SV-219965r971542_ruleThe audit system must alert the SA when the audit storage volume approaches its capacity.
SV-219966r958758_ruleThe audit system must alert the System Administrator (SA) if there is any type of audit failure.
SV-219967r958752_ruleThe operating system must allocate audit record storage capacity.
SV-219968r1207680_ruleThe operating system must configure auditing to reduce the likelihood of storage capacity being exceeded.
SV-219969r1016281_ruleThe system must verify that package updates are digitally signed.
SV-219970r958794_ruleThe operating system must employ automated mechanisms, per organization-defined frequency, to detect the addition of unauthorized components/devices into the operating system.
SV-219971r958804_ruleThe operating system must employ automated mechanisms to prevent program execution in accordance with the organization-defined specifications.
SV-219972r958548_ruleThe operating system must disable information system functionality that provides the capability for automatic execution of code on mobile devices without user direction.
SV-219973r958726_ruleThe system must restrict the ability of users to assume excessive privileges to members of a defined group and prevent unauthorized users from accessing administrative tools.
SV-219975r987791_ruleThe operating system must employ FIPS-validate or NSA-approved cryptography to implement digital signatures.
SV-219976r958908_ruleThe operating system must protect the integrity of transmitted information.
SV-219977r1117271_ruleThe operating system must employ cryptographic mechanisms to recognize changes to information during transmission unless otherwise protected by alternative physical measures.
SV-219978r958912_ruleThe operating system must maintain the integrity of information during aggregation, packaging, and transformation in preparation for transmission.
SV-219979r958908_ruleThe operating system must protect the confidentiality of transmitted information.
SV-219980r1117271_ruleThe operating system must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure of information during transmission unless otherwise protected by alternative physical measures.
SV-219981r958912_ruleThe operating system must maintain the confidentiality of information during aggregation, packaging, and transformation in preparation for transmission.
SV-219982r1207682_ruleThe operating system must employ cryptographic mechanisms to protect information in storage.
SV-219984r958908_ruleThe operating system must protect the integrity of transmitted information.
SV-219985r958732_ruleThe operating system must protect the audit records resulting from non-local accesses to privileged accounts and the execution of privileged functions.
SV-219986r1016282_ruleThe operating system must synchronize internal information system clocks with a server that is synchronized to one of the redundant United States Naval Observatory (USNO) time servers or a time server designated for the appropriate DOD network (NIPRNet/SIPRNet), and/or the Global Positioning System (GPS).
SV-219987r958944_ruleThe operating system must verify the correct operation of security functions in accordance with organization-defined conditions and in accordance with organization-defined frequency (if periodic verification).
SV-224670r958726_ruleThe operating system must prevent non-privileged users from circumventing malicious code protection capabilities.
SV-224671r958944_ruleThe operating system must identify potentially security-relevant error conditions.
SV-233300r959010_ruleThe sshd server must bind the X11 forwarding server to the loopback address.