How to enforce a system-wide crypto policy (specific protocols, MACs, ciphers) in RHEL

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Issue

  • How can we enforce a system-wide crypto policy in RHEL? For example: mandating exclusive use of a TLS protocol version like TLSv1.2 for all applications, or disabling SHA-1 as a signature algorithm or MAC, or specifying specific ciphersuites.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

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