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V-216131

CAT III (Low)

The system must disable directed broadcast packet forwarding.

Rule ID

SV-216131r603268_rule

STIG

Solaris 11 x86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R10

CCIs

V-48165

Discussion

This parameter must be disabled to reduce the risk of denial of service attacks.

Check Content

Determine if directed broadcast packet forwarding is disabled.

# ipadm show-prop -p _forward_directed_broadcasts -co current ip

If the output of this command is not "0", this is a finding.

Fix Text

The Network Management profile is required.

Disable directed broadcast packet forwarding.

# pfexec ipadm set-prop -p _forward_directed_broadcasts=0 ip