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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The AIX DHCP client must be disabled.

    <VulnDiscussion>The dhcpcd daemon receives address and configuration information from the DHCP server. DHCP relies on trusting the local netw...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • If DHCP is not enabled in the network on AIX, the dhcprd daemon must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The dhcprd daemon listens for broadcast packets, receives them, and forwards them to the appropriate server. To prevent remo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • If IPv6 is not utilized on AIX server, the autoconf6 daemon must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;"autoconf6" is used to automatically configure IPv6 interfaces at boot time. Running this service may allow other hosts on th...
    Rule Medium Severity

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