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V-216057CAT I — High severitySV-216057r959010_rule

The telnet service daemon must not be installed unless required.

Rule version SOL-11.1-020150 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-19

Discussion

Telnet is an insecure protocol.

Check

Determine if the telnet daemon package in installed.

# pkg list service/network/telnet

If an installed package named "service/network/telnet" is listed and vntsd is not in use for LDoms, this is a finding.

Fix

The Software Installation Profile is required.

# pfexec pkg uninstall service/network/telnet

Identifiers

Group ID
V-216057
Group title
SRG-OS-000480
Rule ID
SV-216057r959010_rule
Check ID
C-17295r372553_chk
Fix ID
F-17293r372554_fix