Nutanix AOS must enable an application firewall, if available.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Firewalls protect computers from network attacks by blocking or limiting access to open network ports. Application firewalls limit which applications are allowed to communicate over the network.
- ID
- SV-254198r846682_rule
- Version
- NUTX-OS-001110
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the system to restrict the use of remote access methods by running the following command.
$ sudo salt-call state.sls security/CVM/iptables/init