TOSS 5 must not respond to Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echoes sent to a broadcast address.

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.

Verify TOSS 5 does not respond to ICMP echoes sent to a broadcast address using the following command: $ sudo sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1 If the returned line does not have a value of "1", or a line is not returned, this is a finding. Check that the configuration files are present to enable this network parameter. $ sudo /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl --cat-config | egrep -v '^(#|$)' | grep -F net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts | tail -1 net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1 If "net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts" is not set to "1" or is missing, this is a finding.

Configure TOSS 5 to not respond to IPv4 ICMP echoes sent to a broadcast address. Add or edit the following line in a single system configuration file, in the "/etc/sysctl.d/" directory: net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1 Load settings from all system configuration files using the following command: $ sudo sysctl --system