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AIX7-00-003104 - If DHCP server is not required on AIX, the DHCP server must be disabled.

Information

The dhcpsd daemon is the DHCP server that serves addresses and configuration information to DHCP clients in the network.

To prevent remote attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.

Solution

In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "dhcpsd" entry by running command:
# chrctcp -d dhcpsd

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_IBM_AIX_7-x_V3R3_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-215405r958478_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-003104, STIG-Legacy|SV-101437, STIG-Legacy|V-91339, Vuln-ID|V-215405

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 0660887731cd1ce88b80e9103e8eb3ecd8e10c5e8f0af21d0aaffc1e90be408e