The DHCP client must be disabled if not needed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22548	GEN007840	SV-26932r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

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

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-14

Details

Check Text ( C-35087r1_chk )
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 (F-24175r1_fix)
Disable the DHCP client configuration. Edit /etc/rc.config.d/netconf and set the DHCP_ENABLE setting to 0.