4.1.2.12 routed

Information

This entry starts the routed daemon on system startup. The routed daemon manages the network routing tables in the kernel.

Rationale:

The routed daemon manages the network routing tables in the kernel. This daemon should not be used as it only supports RIP1. If the AIX server must communicate with routers use gated instead.

Impact:

Like mrouted this daemon is part of bos.net.tcp.server_core (AIX 7.2 and later) so it cannot be removed from the system.

Unlike mrouted this daemon should not be used. Should the AIX server need to communicate directly with routers (i.e., there is no default route but routes are managed by software) - the gated should be used.

Solution

In /etc/rc.tcpip, comment out the routed entry:

chrctcp -d routed
stopsrc -s routed

Default Value:

Disabled

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/7851

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|CM-7, CSCv7|9.2

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: eb3d02cb508056b54f07f3f7b938926df1c7d93cbff7ee6d491453fa270726f2