V-248865

Discussion

DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot accomplish its mission or must operate at degraded capacity. This requirement addresses the configuration of OL 8 to mitigate the impact of DoS attacks that have occurred or are ongoing on system availability. For each system, known and potential DoS attacks must be identified and solutions for each type implemented. A variety of technologies exists to limit or, in some cases, eliminate the effects of DoS attacks (e.g., limiting processes or establishing memory partitions). Employing increased capacity and bandwidth, combined with service redundancy, may reduce the susceptibility to some DoS attacks. Since version 0.6.0, "firewalld" has incorporated "nftables" as its backend support. Using the limit statement in "nftables" can help to mitigate DoS attacks. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000142-GPOS-00071, SRG-OS-000298-GPOS-00116, SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186

Check Content

Verify "nftables" is configured to allow rate limits on any connection to the system with the following command. 
 
Verify "firewalld" has "nftables" set as the default backend: 
 
$ sudo grep -i firewallbackend /etc/firewalld/firewalld.conf 
 
# FirewallBackend 
FirewallBackend=nftables 
 
If the "nftables" is not set as the "firewallbackend" default, this is a finding.