Splunk Enterprise must use TCP for data transmission.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If the UDP protocol is used for communication, then data packets that do not reach the server are not detected as a data loss. The use of TCP to transport data improves delivery reliability, adds data integrity, and gives the option to encrypt the traffic.
- ID
- SV-251675r961863_rule
- Version
- SPLK-CL-000270
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
This configuration is performed on the machine used as an indexer, which may be a separate machine in a distributed environment.
Navigate to $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/
Modify the inputs.conf file to replace any input that is using a UDP port with a TCP port.