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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4
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SNMP Server
SNMP Server
An XCCDF Group - A logical subset of the XCCDF Benchmark
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SNMP Server
1 Rule
The Simple Network Management Protocol allows administrators to monitor the state of network devices, including computers. Older versions of SNMP were well-known for weak security, such as plaintext transmission of the community string (used for authentication) and usage of easily-guessable choices for the community string.
Disable SNMP Server if Possible
1 Rule
The system includes an SNMP daemon that allows for its remote monitoring, though it not installed by default. If it was installed and activated but is not needed, the software should be disabled and removed.
Uninstall net-snmp Package
Unknown Severity
The
net-snmp
package provides the snmpd service. The
net-snmp
package can be removed with the following command:
$ sudo dnf remove net-snmp