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The system must ignore IPv4 ICMP redirect messages.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-51313 OSX8-00-01200 SV-65523r1_rule Medium
Description
The system must ignore IPv4 ICMP redirect messages.
STIG Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG 2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53661r1_chk )
To check if the system is configured to ignore ICMP redirect messages, run the following command:

sysctl -a net.inet.icmp.drop_redirect | awk '{ print $NF }'

If the value is not "1", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-56113r1_fix)
To configure the system to ignore ICMP redirect messages, add the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf:

net.inet.icmp.drop_redirect=1