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Version

V1 · R2

CurrentPublished Fri Jul 22 2016

Unencrypted FTP must not be used on the system.

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Unencrypted FTP must not be used on the system.

Description

Discussion Text

FTP is typically unencrypted and, therefore, presents confidentiality and integrity risks. FTP may be protected by encryption in certain cases, such as when used in a Kerberos environment. SFTP and FTPS are encrypted alternatives to FTP.

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Objective

V-12010

Rule

SV-12511r2_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN004800

Documentable

true

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Determine if unencrypted ftp or telnet are enabled.
# cat /etc/inetd.conf | tr ‘\011’ ‘ ‘ | tr –s ‘ ‘ | sed -e 's/^[  \t]*//'  | grep –v "^#" | \
egrep –c –i " i^ftp|ftp| ftp|^telnet|telnet| telnet"

If either of these services are found (IE: the command returns a non-zero value), and are not commented, ask the SA if both of these services are encrypted. If they are not, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out or remove the "ftp" and "telnet" services.

STIG check 58 of 630 in the VMware ESX 3 Server STIG checklist

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