The system must implement TCP Wrappers.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-216144r603268_rule
Severity: Low
References: CCI-000366
Updated: 9 months ago

The root role is required.

Configure allowed and denied hosts per organizational policy.

1. Create and customize the policy in /etc/hosts.allow:
# echo "ALL: [net]/[mask] , [net]/[mask], ..." > /etc/hosts.allow

where each [net>/[mask> combination (for example, the Class C address block "192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0") can represent one network block in use by the organization that requires access to this system.

2. Create a default deny policy in /etc/hosts.deny: # echo "ALL: ALL" >/etc/hosts.deny

3. Enable TCP Wrappers for all services started by inetd: 

# inetadm -M tcp_wrappers=TRUE

The system must implement TCP Wrappers.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure