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V-271863CAT II — Medium severitySV-271863r1092639_rule

OL 9 must not have unauthorized IP tunnels configured.

Rule version OL09-00-006010 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-21

Discussion

IP tunneling mechanisms can be used to bypass network filtering. If tunneling is required, it must be documented with the information system security officer (ISSO).

Check

Verify that OL 9 does not have unauthorized IP tunnels configured.

Determine if the IPsec service is active with the following command:

$ systemctl status ipsec ipsec.service - Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Protocol Daemon for IPsec Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ipsec.service; disabled) Active: inactive (dead)

If the IPsec service is active, check for configured IPsec connections ("conn"), with the following command:

$ grep -rni conn /etc/ipsec.conf /etc/ipsec.d/ 

Verify any returned results are documented with the ISSO.

If the IPsec tunnels are active and not approved, this is a finding.

Fix

Remove all unapproved tunnels from the system, or document them with the ISSO.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-271863
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-271863r1092639_rule
Check ID
C-75913r1092638_chk
Fix ID
F-75820r1092300_fix