Details

It is advisable to disable IP Stack Management to prevent potential hijacking of the switch.

IP Stack Management allows ProCurve stackable devices to be managed as a group using a single IP address.

Solution

The command to disable IP Stack Management is as followsn

ProCurve Switch(config)# no stackn

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• http://www.hp.com/rnd/pdfs/Hardening_ProCurve_Switches_White_Paper.pdf

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 HPProCurve.

References

• 800-53|CM-7b.
• CSCv6|9.1

Source

• Tenable.com/audits