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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Alibaba Cloud Linux 2

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter

    Enable to enforce sanity checking, also called ingress filtering or egress filtering. The point is to drop a packet if the source and destination I...
    Value
  • net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects

    Enable to prevent hijacking of routing path by only allowing redirects from gateways known in routing table. Disable to refuse acceptance of secure...
    Value
  • net.ipv4.conf.all.shared_media

    Controls whether the system can send (router) or accept (host) RFC1620 shared media redirects. <code>shared_media</code> for the interface will be ...
    Value
  • net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_redirects

    Disable ICMP Redirect Acceptance?
    Value
  • net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route

    Disable IP source routing?
    Value
  • net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians

    Disable so you don't Log Spoofed Packets, Source Routed Packets, Redirect Packets
    Value
  • net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter

    Enables source route verification
    Value
  • net.ipv4.conf.default.secure_redirects

    Enable to prevent hijacking of routing path by only allowing redirects from gateways known in routing table. Disable to refuse acceptance of secure...
    Value
  • net.ipv4.conf.default.shared_media

    Controls whether the system can send(router) or accept(host) RFC1620 shared media redirects. <code>shared_media</code> for the interface will be en...
    Value
  • net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts

    Ignore all ICMP ECHO and TIMESTAMP requests sent to it via broadcast/multicast
    Value
  • net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses

    Enable to prevent unnecessary logging
    Value
  • net.ipv4.tcp_invalid_ratelimit

    Configure the maximal rate for sending duplicate acknowledgments in response to incoming invalid TCP packets.
    Value
  • net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337

    Enable to enable TCP behavior conformant with RFC 1337
    Value
  • net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies

    Enable to turn on TCP SYN Cookie Protection
    Value
  • Disable Accepting Packets Routed Between Local Interfaces

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_local</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w net...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure ARP filtering for All IPv4 Interfaces

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_filter</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w net.i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure Response Mode of ARP Requests for All IPv4 Interfaces

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w net.i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Prevent Routing External Traffic to Local Loopback on All IPv4 Interfaces

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.ipv4.conf.all.route_localnet</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable Kernel Parameter to Use Reverse Path Filtering on all IPv4 Interfaces

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w net.ip...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Kernel Parameter for Accepting Secure ICMP Redirects on all IPv4 Interfaces

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w...
    Rule Medium Severity

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