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The system must employ a local IPv6 firewall.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-50761 OL6-00-000103 SV-64967r1_rule Medium
Description
The "ip6tables" service provides the system's host-based firewalling capability for IPv6 and ICMPv6.
STIG Date
Oracle Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2014-06-12

Details

Check Text ( C-53231r1_chk )
If IPv6 is disabled, this is not applicable.

Run the following command to determine the current status of the "ip6tables" service:

# service ip6tables status

If the service is enabled, it should return the following:

ip6tables is running...

If the service is not running, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-55555r1_fix)
The "ip6tables" service can be enabled with the following commands:

# chkconfig ip6tables on
# service ip6tables start