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The system must employ a local IPv4 firewall.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
RHEL-06-000114 RHEL-06-000114 RHEL-06-000114_rule Medium
Description
The "iptables" service provides the system's host-based firewalling capability for IPv4 and ICMP.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000114_chk )
Run the following command to determine the current status of the "iptables" service:

# service iptables status

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

iptables is running...


If the service is not running, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-RHEL-06-000114_fix)
The "iptables" service can be enabled with the following command:

# chkconfig iptables on