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The system must not have 6to4 enabled.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22545 GEN007780 SV-38926r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
6to4 is an IPv6 transition mechanism involving tunneling IPv6 packets encapsulated in IPv4 packets on an ad-hoc basis. This is not a preferred transition strategy and increases the attack surface of the system.
STIG Date
AIX 5.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-03-26

Details

Check Text ( C-37911r1_chk )
Determine if there are any 6to4 tunnels configured on the system.

#ifconfig -a

If there are any sit or cit adapters in the ifconfig listing, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-33169r1_fix)
Remove the configuration for any 6to4 tunnels on the system.
#ifconfig sit0 detach
#rmdev -dl sit0

#ifconfig cit0 detach
#rmdev -dl cit0

Set the startup script /etc/rc.net to call autoconf6 with the -6 argument to prevent setting up 6 to 4 tunnels.