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V-215358

CAT II (Medium)

If AIX server is not functioning as a network router, the gated daemon must be disabled.

Rule ID

SV-215358r958478_rule

STIG

IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R2

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

This daemon provides gateway routing functions for protocols such as RIP and SNMP. To prevent remote attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.

Check Content

From the command prompt, execute the following command: 
# grep "^start[[:blank:]]/usr/sbin/gated" /etc/rc.tcpip

If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.

Fix Text

In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "gated" entry by running command: 
# chrctcp -d gated