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STIG: Display the DoD Notice and Consent Banner
EasyLinux Security15 minThe brief
Federal systems must display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access (UBTU-22-255020). The approved text is on this box at /root/case/dod-banner.txt. Put it in /etc/issue (console logins) and /etc/issue.net (network logins), and point sshd at /etc/issue.net with the Banner directive. A generic 'authorized use only' line is not enough: the STIG check compares the full text. Line wrapping can differ; the words and punctuation can't.
What you'll do
- /etc/issue contains the full DoD Notice and Consent Banner
- /etc/issue.net contains the full DoD Notice and Consent Banner
- sshd points at the banner (Banner /etc/issue.net)
Hands-on lab: you work on a real Linux box in your browser, graded on the machine's actual state.
