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Uninstall nftables package

An XCCDF Rule

Description

nftables is a subsystem of the Linux kernel providing filtering and classification of network packets/datagrams/frames and is the successor to iptables. The nftables package can be removed with the following command:

$ sudo yum erase nftables

Rationale

Running both firewalld and nftables may lead to conflict.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_nftables_removed
Severity
Medium
Updated



Remediation - Anaconda Pre-Install Instructions


package --remove=nftables

Remediation - Ansible

- name: Ensure nftables is removed
  package:
    name: nftables
    state: absent
  tags:
  - disable_strategy

Remediation - Puppet

include remove_nftables

class remove_nftables {
  package { 'nftables':
    ensure => 'purged',
  }

Remediation - Shell Script


# CAUTION: This remediation script will remove nftables
#	   from the system, and may remove any packages
#	   that depend on nftables. Execute this
#	   remediation AFTER testing on a non-production
#	   system!