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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 TIPC Support
Disable TIPC Support
An XCCDF Rule
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Disable TIPC Support
Low Severity
The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol is designed to provide communications between nodes in a cluster. To configure the system to prevent the
tipc
kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file
/etc/modprobe.d/tipc.conf
:
install tipc /bin/true
To configure the system to prevent the
tipc
from being used, add the following line to file
/etc/modprobe.d/tipc.conf
:
blacklist tipc