CCE-14023-6| Platform: rhel5 | Date: (C)2011-10-07 (M)2022-10-10 |
The screen lock (password protection) function of the gnome desktop screensaver should be enabled or disabled as appropriate as a mandatory setting for all users.
Parameter:
enabled / disabled
Technical Mechanism:
(1) via gconftool-2
(2) via /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory
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References: | Resource Id | Reference |
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| NSA "Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5" - Revision 4, September 14, 2010 | Section: 2.3.5.6.1 - Configure GUI Screen Locking |
| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:gov.nist.usgcb.rhel:def:201006 |
| BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 | BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 |
| Jericho Forum | Jericho Forum |
| HIPAA/HITECH Act | HIPAA/HITECH Act |
| FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--LOW IMPACT LEVEL-- | FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--LOW IMPACT LEVEL-- |
| ISO/IEC 27001-2005 | ISO/IEC 27001-2005 |
| COBIT 4.1 | COBIT 4.1 |
| GAPP (Aug 2009) | GAPP (Aug 2009) |
| NERC CIP | NERC CIP |
| NIST SP800-53 R3 | NIST SP800-53 R3 AC-1 |
| NIST SP800-53 R3 | NIST SP800-53 R3 AC-3 |
| NIST SP800-53 R3 | NIST SP800-53 R3 CM-6 |
| NIST SP800-53 R3 | NIST SP800-53 R3 CM-7 |
| PCIDSS v2.0 | PCIDSS v2.0 |
| FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--MODERATE IMPACT LEVEL-- | FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--MODERATE IMPACT LEVEL-- |
| BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 | BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 |
