Title

Network Information System (NIS) maps must be protected through hard-to-guess domain names. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The use of hard-to-guess NIS domain names provides additional protection from unauthorized access to the NIS directory information.

Check Content

Check the domain name for NIS maps. Procedure: # domainname If the name returned is simple to guess, such as the organization name, building, or room name, etc., this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the NIS domain name to a value difficult to guess. Consult vendor documentation, i.e., domain name (1) in the HP-UX man pages, for the required procedure.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-35153r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-12026

Group Title: GEN006420

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.