The SSH daemon must not allow rhosts RSA authentication.

From HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-35142r1_rule The SSH daemon must not allow rhosts RSA authentication.

Vulnerability discussion

If SSH permits rhosts RSA authentication, a user may be able to login based on the keys of the host originating the request and not any user-specific authentication..

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Edit the SSH daemon configuration and add or edit the RhostsRSAAuthentication setting value to no. Note that the above guidance applies exclusively to Protocol(s) 1/1,2/2,1 only. If using Protocol 2 only, the check is not applicable and further action is not required.

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