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The operating system must prevent public IPv6 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-217929 RHEL-06-000107 SV-217929r505923_rule Medium
Description
The "ip6tables" service provides the system's host-based firewalling capability for IPv6 and ICMPv6.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-09-03

Details

Check Text ( C-19410r376802_chk )
If the system is a cross-domain system, this is not applicable.

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 not running, it should return the following:

ip6tables: Firewall is not running.


If the service is not running, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-19408r376803_fix)
The "ip6tables" service can be enabled with the following commands:

# chkconfig ip6tables on
# service ip6tables start