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The Photon operating system must configure Secure Shell (SSH) to restrict AllowTcpForwarding.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

While enabling TCP tunnels is a valuable function of sshd, this feature is not appropriate for use on single purpose appliances.

ID
SV-258883r991589_rule
Version
PHTN-40-000220
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Navigate to and open:

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

Ensure the "AllowTcpForwarding" line is uncommented and set to the following: