AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

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V1 · R14

CurrentPublished Fri Oct 26 2018

The inetd time service must not be active on the system on the inetd daemon.

AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The inetd time service must not be active on the system on the inetd daemon.

Description

Discussion Text

The time service is an internal inetd function is used by the rdate command. This service is sometimes used to synchronize clocks at boot time. The service is outdated. Use the ntpdate command instead.

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Objective

V-29514

Rule

SV-38718r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN009300

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the /etc/inetd.conf file for TCP and UDP time service.

grep time /etc/inetd.conf | grep -v daytime | grep -v \#

If the time service is enabled,  this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Edit the /etc/inetd.conf file and comment out the time service line. 

Restart the inetd service.   
# refresh -s inetd

STIG check 307 of 506 in the AIX 6.1 STIG checklist

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