Dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console Remote Support Facility (RSF) must be disabled for all classified systems.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
high	V-256870	SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227	HMC0035	SV-256870r1001085_rule	2024-06-24	2

Description
This feature will not be activated for any classified systems. Allowing dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console could impact the integrity of the environment by enabling the possible introduction of spyware or other malicious code.

ℹ️ Check
Have the Systems Administrator or Systems Programmer validate that dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console is not activated for any classified systems. Note: This can be accomplished by going to the Customize Remote Service Panel on the Hardware Management Console and verifying that enable remote service is not enabled. If this is a classified system and enable remote service is enabled, then this is a FINDING.

ℹ️ Check

Have the Systems Administrator or Systems Programmer validate that dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console is not activated for any classified systems. Note: This can be accomplished by going to the Customize Remote Service Panel on the Hardware Management Console and verifying that enable remote service is not enabled. If this is a classified system and enable remote service is enabled, then this is a FINDING.

✔️ Fix
Have the Systems Administrator or Systems Programmer validate that dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console is not activated for any classified systems. Note: This can be accomplished by going to the Customize Remote Service Panel on the Hardware Management Console and verifying that enable remote service is not enabled.