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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN007480-ESXI5-PNF	GEN007480-ESXI5-PNF	GEN007480-ESXI5-PNF_rule		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. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - The hypervisor does not support this function.

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. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - The hypervisor does not support this function.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN007480-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-GEN007480-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.