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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
If AIX server does not host an SNMP agent, the dpid2 daemon must be disabled.
If AIX server does not host an SNMP agent, the dpid2 daemon must be disabled.
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If AIX server does not host an SNMP agent, the dpid2 daemon must be disabled.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>The dpid2 daemon acts as a protocol converter, which enables DPI (SNMP v2) sub-agents, such as hostmibd, to talk to a SNMP v1 agent that follows SNMP MUX protocol. To prevent attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>