The DHCP client must be disabled if not needed.

From HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Part of GEN007840

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-26932r1_rule The DHCP client must be disabled if not needed.

Vulnerability discussion

DHCP allows for the unauthenticated configuration of network parameters on the system by exchanging information with a DHCP server.

Check content

Check the DHCP_ENABLE setting in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf # /etc/rc.config.d/netconf| tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | \ sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | grep -v "^#" |grep "DHCP_ENABLE" If the setting is set to 1, this is a finding.

Fix text

Disable the DHCP client configuration. Edit /etc/rc.config.d/netconf and set the DHCP_ENABLE setting to 0.

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