The system must employ a local firewall.

From AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-001118

SV-38961r1_rule The system must employ a local firewall.

Vulnerability discussion

A local firewall protects the system from exposing unnecessary or undocumented network services to the local enclave. If a system within the enclave is compromised, firewall protection on an individual system continues to protect it from attack.

Check content

Determine if the system is using a local firewall. # lsfilt # smitty ipsec4 If local firewall is not configured and running, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the system to use a local firewall. Use SMIT to load the IPSEC filesets. #smit install Use SMIT to configure filters. #smit ipsec4

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