The system must set maximum number of incoming connections to 1024.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>This setting controls the maximum number of incoming connections that can be accepted on a TCP port limiting exposure to denial of service attacks.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-216379r603267_rule
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
The Network Management profile is required.
Configure maximum number of incoming connections.
# pfexec ipadm set-prop -p _conn_req_max_q=1024 tcp