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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of SUSE Linux Enterprise 15
System Settings
Network Configuration and Firewalls
Uncommon Network Protocols
Disable SCTP Support
Disable SCTP Support
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Disable SCTP Support
Medium Severity
The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a transport layer protocol, designed to support the idea of message-oriented communication, with several streams of messages within one connection. To configure the system to prevent the
sctp
kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file
/etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf
:
install sctp /bin/true