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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
System Settings
Network Configuration and Firewalls
Uncommon Network Protocols
Disable ATM Support
Disable ATM Support
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Disable ATM Support
Medium Severity
The Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is a protocol operating on network, data link, and physical layers, based on virtual circuits and virtual paths. To configure the system to prevent the
atm
kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file
/etc/modprobe.d/atm.conf
:
install atm /bin/true
To configure the system to prevent the
atm
from being used, add the following line to file
/etc/modprobe.d/atm.conf
:
blacklist atm