The Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol is a transport layer protocol designed to provide reliable high- bandwidth, low-latency communications between nodes in a cluster. To configure the system to prevent the 'rds' kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to a file in the directory '/etc/modprobe.d': [yes/no] Disabling RDS protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation. oval:org.secpod.oval:def:31031 oval:org.secpod.oval:def:30308 SCAP Repo OVAL Definition 2015-11-13