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GEN005570 - The system must be configured with a default gateway for IPv6 if the system uses IPv6, unless the system is a router.

Information

If a system has no default gateway defined, the system is at increased risk of man-in-the-middle, monitoring, and Denial of Service attacks.

Solution

Configure an IPv6 default route on the system.
# smitty route

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_STIG_Library_2015_07.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-4, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-39215r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN005570, Vuln-ID|V-22490

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 74d7cd8101d94603edb4c1a8d1b954e06b7d59bd86e001f415b1f57142692d22