The operating system must restrict the ability of users to launch Denial of Service attacks against other information systems or networks.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000141-NA	SRG-OS-000141-NA	SRG-OS-000141-NA_rule		Medium

Description
When it comes to Denial of Service attacks (DoS), most of the attention is paid to ensuring the systems and applications are not victims of these attacks. While it is true those accountable for systems want to ensure they are not affected by a DoS attack, they also need to ensure their systems are not used to launch such an attack against others. To that extent, a variety of technologies exist to limit, or in some cases, eliminate the effects of DoS attacks.

Description

When it comes to Denial of Service attacks (DoS), most of the attention is paid to ensuring the systems and applications are not victims of these attacks. While it is true those accountable for systems want to ensure they are not affected by a DoS attack, they also need to ensure their systems are not used to launch such an attack against others. To that extent, a variety of technologies exist to limit, or in some cases, eliminate the effects of DoS attacks.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000141-NA_chk )
RHEL6 cannot support this requirement without assistance from an external application, policy, or service. This requirement is NA.

Fix Text (F-SRG-OS-000141-NA_fix)
This requirement is NA. No fix is required.