[PATCH] DoD banner check (UNCLASSIFIED)

Shaw, Ray V CTR (US) ray.v.shaw.ctr at mail.mil
Fri Jun 14 16:50:40 UTC 2013


Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

Attached is a patch that modifies the DoD banner check to allow more
whitespace flexibility (the intention is to allow newlines instead of
spaces).  The RHEL5 OVAL content does effectively the same thing, though
it's written differently.  This allows reasonable formatting of the text for
80-column displays (or GDM banners) so that mid-word wrapping does not
occur.

Also note that the RHEL5 STIG specifies:

..."USG interests- -not for your"...

while the RHEL6 STIG specifies:

..."USG interests -- not for your"...

So this may need further modification if the first one is correct; could we
get clarification on that?

[This very thing just came up during an inspection recently; they like it to
be exactly right.  I strongly suspect that the banner is supposed to be the
same for both.]

--Ray

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE


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