SLEM 5 must not be performing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) packet forwarding by default unless the system is a router.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-261326r996448_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-000366
Updated: 17 days ago

Configure SLEM 5 to not performing IPv6 packet forwarding by default by running the following command as an administrator:

     > sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.default.forwarding=0

If "0" is not the system's default value, add or update the following line in "/etc/sysctl.d/99-stig.conf":
     > sudo sh -c 'echo "net.ipv6.conf.default.forwarding=0" >> /etc/sysctl.d/99-stig.conf'

     > sudo sysctl --system

SLEM 5 must not be performing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) packet forwarding by default unless the system is a router.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure