The Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol must be disabled or not installed unless required.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22530	GEN007480	SV-35248r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
The Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol is a relatively new protocol developed by Oracle for communication between the nodes of a cluster. 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-35111r1_chk )
If there is no RDS protocol handler for the system, this is not applicable. The RDS protocol is not currently available for the HP-UX 11i platform and is therefore not applicable.

Fix Text (F-26137r1_fix)
Configure the system to not dynamically load the RDS protocol handler.