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Assessment Title
Rule Text
NixOS must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography for the following: to provision digital signatures, to generate cryptographic hashes, and to protect unclassified information requiring confidentiality and cryptographic protection in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards.
Description
Discussion Text
Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. The operating system must implement cryptographic modules adhering to the higher standards approved by the federal government since this provides assurance they have been tested and validated.
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000478-GPOS-00223, SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000478-GPOS-00223, SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176
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