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ansible-hardening/doc/source/stig-notes/V-38539.rst
Major Hayden 088884c731 Ensure that doc linting is included in the linters test 
The 'docs' tox target executes the doc8 lint test which may result in
failures when testing documentation builds, but OpenStack-CI does not
execute that tox target.

In order to ensure that we catch all standard documentation syntax
errors and prevent them from merging, this patch includes the docs
target in the 'linters' chain of tests.

Fixes for any failures which result from executing this test are also
included in the patch.

Change-Id: I80c2ce387e59a30c34bf2252a54037c00b420380
2016-07-25 10:45:11 -05:00

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V-38539: The system must be configured to use TCP syncookies when experiencing a TCP SYN flood.

A TCP SYN flood attack can cause a denial of service by filling a system's TCP connection table with connections in the SYN_RCVD state. Syncookies can be used to track a connection when a subsequent ACK is received, verifying the initiator is attempting a valid connection and is not a flood source. This feature is activated when a flood condition is detected, and enables the system to continue servicing valid connection requests.

Details: V-38539 in STIG Viewer.

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