EDR: Is IP Forwarding safe to disable?
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EDR: Is IP Forwarding safe to disable?

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Article ID: 287135

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Products

Carbon Black EDR (formerly Cb Response)

Issue/Introduction

Is IP Forwarding safe to disable in the Linux Server?

Environment

  • EDR (Formerly CB Response) Server: All Supported Versions

Resolution

  • IP forwarding is disabled by default in the EDR instance.
  • If IP Forwarding is disabled, there should be no impact to the EDR Server.

 

Additional Information

  • To verify the status of IP Forwarding, navigate to /etc/sysctl.conf and check the following line
# Controls IP packet forwarding
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0