If AIX server does not host an SNMP agent, the dpid2 daemon must be disabled.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-215364 | SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | AIX7-00-003058 | SV-215364r958478_rule | 2026-02-06 | 3 |
Description
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.
ℹ️ Check
From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^start[[:blank:]]/usr/sbin/dpid2" /etc/rc.tcpip
If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "dpid2" entry by running command:
# chrctcp -d dpid2