The rdisc service must not be running.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-38650	RHEL-06-000268	SV-50451r2_rule		Low

Description
General-purpose systems typically have their network and routing information configured statically by a system administrator. Workstations or some special-purpose systems often use DHCP (instead of IRDP) to retrieve dynamic network configuration information.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-06-10

Details

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Fix Text (F-43599r2_fix)
The "rdisc" service implements the client side of the ICMP Internet Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP), which allows discovery of routers on the local subnet. If a router is discovered then the local routing table is updated with a corresponding default route. By default this daemon is disabled. The "rdisc" service can be disabled with the following commands: # chkconfig rdisc off # service rdisc stop

Fix Text (F-43599r2_fix)

The "rdisc" service implements the client side of the ICMP Internet Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP), which allows discovery of routers on the local subnet. If a router is discovered then the local routing table is updated with a corresponding default route. By default this daemon is disabled. The "rdisc" service can be disabled with the following commands:

# chkconfig rdisc off
# service rdisc stop