Apple OS X 10.12 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V1 · R6

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 24 2020

The OS X system must not have IP forwarding for IPv4 enabled.

Apple OS X 10.12 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The OS X system must not have IP forwarding for IPv4 enabled.

Description

Discussion Text

IP forwarding for IPv4 must not be enabled, as only authorized systems should be permitted to operate as routers.

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Objective

V-76137

Rule

SV-90825r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

AOSX-12-001205

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

To check if "IP forwarding" is enabled, run the following command:

sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding 

If the values are not "0", this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

To configure the system to disable "IP forwarding", add the following line to "/etc/sysctl.conf", creating the file if necessary:

net.inet.ip.forwarding=0

STIG check 97 of 122 in the Apple OS X 10.12 STIG checklist

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