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Assessment Title
Rule Text
RHEL 10 must not respond to Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echoes sent to a broadcast address.
Description
Discussion Text
Responding to broadcast (ICMP) echoes facilitates network mapping and provides a vector for amplification attacks.
Ignoring ICMP echo requests (pings) sent to broadcast or multicast addresses makes the system slightly more difficult to enumerate on the network.
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186, SRG-OS-000142-GPOS-00080
Ignoring ICMP echo requests (pings) sent to broadcast or multicast addresses makes the system slightly more difficult to enumerate on the network.
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186, SRG-OS-000142-GPOS-00080
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