[PATCH] DoD banner check (UNCLASSIFIED)

Maura Dailey maura at eclipse.ncsc.mil
Fri Jun 14 21:50:43 UTC 2013


ACK.

On 06/14/2013 12:50 PM, Shaw, Ray V CTR (US) wrote:
> 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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