The Photon operating system must log IPv4 packets with impossible addresses.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The presence of "martian" packets (which have impossible addresses) as well as spoofed packets, source-routed packets, and redirects could be a sign of nefarious network activity. Logging these packets enables this activity to be detected.
- ID
- SV-258891r933734_rule
- Version
- PHTN-40-000228
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Navigate to and open:
/etc/sysctl.d/zz-stig-hardening.conf
Add or update the following lines: