Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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V1 · R2

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

TOSS 5 must log IPv4 packets with impossible addresses by default.

Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

TOSS 5 must log IPv4 packets with impossible addresses by default.

Description

Discussion Text

The presence of "martian" packets (which have impossible addresses) as well as spoofed packets, source-routed packets, and redirects could be a sign of nefarious network activity. Logging these packets enables this activity to be detected.

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Objective

V-282688

Rule

SV-282688r1201044_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

TOSS-05-000216

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify TOSS 5 logs IPv4 martian packets by default using the following command:

$ sudo sysctl net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians

net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians = 1

If "net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians" is not set to "1" , or a line is not returned, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure TOSS 5 to log martian packets on IPv4 interfaces by default.

Add or edit the following line in a single system configuration file, in the "/etc/sysctl.d/" directory:

net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians=1

Load settings from all system configuration files using the following command:

$ sudo sysctl --system

STIG check 314 of 391 in the Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 STIG checklist

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