AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

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Version

V1 · R14

CurrentPublished Fri Oct 26 2018

AIX Trusted Computing Base (TCB) software must be implemented.

AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Assessment Title

Rule Text

AIX Trusted Computing Base (TCB) software must be implemented.

Description

Discussion Text

The AIX Trusted Computing Base (TCB) software provides protection from the unauthorized modification of core system files.

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Objective

V-969

Rule

SV-969r2_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN000000-AIX00020

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Perform:

   # /bin/tcbck

If TCB is not installed, the output will show an error code of 3001-101 and/or a text message indicating TCB is not installed, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Ensure the Trusted Computing Base (TCB) software is implemented.  TCB can only be installed at OS installation time.

STIG check 487 of 506 in the AIX 6.1 STIG checklist

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