Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 9
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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nftables
<code>If firewalld or iptables are being used in your environment, please follow the guidance in their respective section and pass-over the guidanc...Group -
Nftables Base Chain Hooks
The possible hooks which can be used to configure the base chain are: <code>ingress</code> (only in netdev family since Linux kernel 4.2, and inet ...Value -
Nftables Chain Names
The rules in nftables are attached to chains. Unlike in iptables, there are no predefined chains like INPUT, OUTPUT, etc. Instead, to filter pack...Value -
Nftables Base Chain Policies
This is the default verdict that will be applied to packets reaching the end of the chain (i.e, no more rules to be evaluated against). Currently ...Value -
Nftables Base Chain Priorities
Each nftables base chain is assigned a priority that defines its ordering among other base chains, flowtables, and Netfilter internal operations a...Value -
Nftables Base Chain Types
Base chains are those that are registered into the Netfilter hooks, i.e. these chains see packets flowing through the Linux TCP/IP stack. The poss...Value -
Nftables Families
Netfilter enables filtering at multiple networking levels. With iptables there is a separate tool for each level: iptables, ip6tables, arptables, ...Value -
Nftables Master configuration file
The file which contains top level configuration for nftables service, and with which, the service is started.Value -
Nftables Tables
Tables in nftables hold chains. Each table only has one address family and only applies to packets of this family. Tables can have one of six fami...Value -
SuSEfirewall2
The SuSEfirewall2 provides a managed firewall.Group
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