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Proxy Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) must not be enabled on the system.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22544 GEN007760 SV-26219r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
Proxy Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) allows a system to respond to NDP requests on one interface on behalf of hosts connected to another interface. If this function is enabled when not required, addressing information may be leaked between the attached network segments.
STIG Date
VMware ESX 3 Server 2016-05-13

Details

Check Text ( C-29300r1_chk )
If the system does not support proxy NDP, this is not applicable.
Determine if the system has proxy NDP enabled. If so, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-26332r1_fix)
Disable proxy NDP on the system.