The referenced CCIs refer to prevention of DoS attacks. Use of TCP Syncookies prevents
some kinds of DoS attacks.
Signed-off-by: Willy Santos <wsantos(a)redhat.com>
---
rhel6/src/input/system/network/kernel.xml | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rhel6/src/input/system/network/kernel.xml
b/rhel6/src/input/system/network/kernel.xml
index a9eebd8..03be8ec 100644
--- a/rhel6/src/input/system/network/kernel.xml
+++ b/rhel6/src/input/system/network/kernel.xml
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ enables the system to continue servicing valid connection requests.
</rationale>
<ident cce="4265-5" />
<oval id="sysctl_net_ipv4_tcp_syncookies"
value="sysctl_net_ipv4_tcp_syncookies_value" />
-<ref nist="CM-6, CM-7" />
+<ref nist="CM-6, CM-7" disa="1092, 1095" />
</Rule>
<Rule id="set_sysctl_net_ipv4_conf_all_rp_filter">
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1.7.7.6