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The operating system must prevent public IPv4 access into an organizations internal networks, except as appropriately mediated by managed interfaces employing boundary protection devices.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-38512 RHEL-06-000117 SV-50313r2_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 2017-04-28

Details

Check Text ( None )
None
Fix Text (F-43459r2_fix)
The "iptables" service can be enabled with the following commands:

# chkconfig iptables on
# service iptables start