GEN000000-AIX0200 - The system must not allow directed broadcasts to gateway.

Information

Disabling directed broadcast prevents packets directed to a gateway to be broadcasted on a remote network.

Solution

Configure directed_broadcast to 0.
# /usr/sbin/no -p -o directed_broadcast=0

See Also

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

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA AIX 5.3 STIG v1r2

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-7(12), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000032, Rule-ID|SV-38699r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN000000-AIX0200, Vuln-ID|V-29495

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: b9b5da63e1ac025fa18815f8434498266f46dc39ca191084e12935fae911eae7