The network device must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and/or nonsecure functions, ports, protocols, and/or services.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within data types), organizations must disable unused or unnecessary physical and logical ports/protocols on information systems.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-246848r768208_rule
- Severity
- High
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Enable the firewall by logging on to the HYCU console and executing the following commands:
sudo systemctl enable firewalld
sudo systemctl start firewalld