The operating system must employ FIPS-validate or NSA-approved cryptography to implement digital signatures.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000173-NA	SRG-OS-000173-NA	SRG-OS-000173-NA_rule		Medium

Description
Cryptography is only as strong as the encryption modules/algorithms employed to encrypt the data. Use of weak or un-tested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000173-NA_chk )
RHEL6 cannot support this requirement without assistance from an external application, policy, or service. This requirement is NA.

Fix Text (F-SRG-OS-000173-NA_fix)
This requirement is NA. No fix is required.