The system must employ a local IPv4 firewall.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-38555	RHEL-06-000113	SV-50356r2_rule		Medium

Description
The "iptables" service provides the system's host-based firewalling capability for IPv4 and ICMP.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-05-26

Details

Check Text ( C-46113r2_chk )
If the system is a cross-domain system, this is not applicable. Run the following command to determine the current status of the "iptables" service: # service iptables status If the service is not running, it should return the following: iptables: Firewall is not running. If the service is not running, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43503r2_fix)
The "iptables" service can be enabled with the following commands: # chkconfig iptables on # service iptables start