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

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_AIX_6-1_V1R14_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG AIX 6.1 v1r14

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-4(8), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000032, Group-ID|V-29495, Rule-ID|SV-38699r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN000000-AIX0200, Vuln-ID|V-29495

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: a4f839cb6c81dd5a4a3d088f128f5d9e27bc4bb5b52d6afa809da5b5092bfef1