4.5.8 Ensure ipignoreredirects is enabled

Information

The ipignoreredirects parameter determines whether or not the system will process IP redirects.

The ipignoreredirects will be set to 1, to prevent IP re-directs being processed by the system.

Solution

Run the following command to set the ipignoreredirects entry:

no -p -o ipignoreredirects=1

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22751

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|CM-7, CSCv7|9.2

Plugin: Unix

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