Secure Internet Packet
Exchange Protocol
Prevent the Internetwork Packet
Exchange (IPX) protocol from loading VMware Aria appliances by default. Potential attackers
can exploit this protocol to compromise your system.
Avoid loading the IPX protocol
module unless it is absolutely necessary. IPX protocol is an obsolete
network-layer protocol. Binding this protocol to the network stack increases
the attack surface of the host. Unprivileged local processes might cause the
system to dynamically load a protocol handler by using the protocol to open a
socket.
- Open the/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conffile in a text editor.
- Ensure that the lineinstall ipx /bin/falseappears in this file.
- Save the file and close it.