The system must disable directed broadcast packet forwarding.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>This parameter must be disabled to reduce the risk of 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-216131r603268_rule
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
The Network Management profile is required.
Disable directed broadcast packet forwarding.
# pfexec ipadm set-prop -p _forward_directed_broadcasts=0 ip