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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
System Settings
Network Configuration and Firewalls
Disable Zeroconf Networking
Disable Zeroconf Networking
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Disable Zeroconf Networking
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Zeroconf networking allows the system to assign itself an IP address and engage in IP communication without a statically-assigned address or even a DHCP server. Automatic address assignment via Zeroconf (or DHCP) is not recommended. To disable Zeroconf automatic route assignment in the 169.254.0.0 subnet, add or correct the following line in
/etc/sysconfig/network
:
NOZEROCONF=yes