The Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol must be disabled or not installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22520	GEN007200	SV-35245r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
The Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol is a network-layer protocol no longer commonly used. Binding this protocol to the network stack increases the attack surface of the host. Unprivileged local processes may be able to cause the system to dynamically load a protocol handler by opening a socket using the protocol.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-12-02

Details

Check Text ( C-35108r1_chk )
If there is no IPX protocol handler for the system, this is not applicable. The IPX protocol handler is not currently available for the HP-UX 11i platform and is therefore not applicable.

Fix Text (F-26129r1_fix)
Configure the system to not dynamically load the IPX protocol handler.