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 |
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| medium | V-215364 | SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | AIX7-00-003058 | SV-215364r958478_rule | 2024-08-16 | 3 |
| Description |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "dpid2" entry by running command: # chrctcp -d dpid2 |