The daytime daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-215369 | SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | AIX7-00-003064 | SV-215369r958478_rule | 2024-08-16 | 3 |
| Description |
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| The daytime service provides the current date and time to other servers on a network. This daytime service is a defunct time service, typically used for testing purposes only. The service should be disabled as it can leave the system vulnerable to DoS ping attacks. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| From the command prompt, execute the following command: # grep "^daytime[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf If there is any output from the command, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "daytime" entries by running commands: # chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'daytime' -p 'tcp' # chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'daytime' -p 'udp' Restart inetd: # refresh -s inetd |