Details

This entry starts the dhcprd daemon on system startup. The dhcprd daemon listens for broadcast packets, receives them, and forwards them to the appropriate server.

The dhcprd daemon is the DHCP relay deamon that forwards the DHCP and BOOTP packets in the network. You must disable this service if DHCP is not enabled in the network.

Solution

In /etc/rc.tcpip, comment out the dhcprd entry-

chrctcp -d dhcprd

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/528

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|CM-7b.
• CSCv6|9.1

Source

• Tenable.com/audits