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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • If AIX server is not functioning as a DNS server, the named daemon must be disabled.

    <VulnDiscussion>This is the server for the DNS protocol and controls domain name resolution for its clients. To prevent attacks this daemon ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • If AIX server is not functioning as a network router, the routed daemon must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The routed daemon manages the network routing tables in the kernel. To prevent attacks this daemon should not be enabled unl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • If rwhod is not required on AIX, the rwhod daemon must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This is the remote WHO service. To prevent remote attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.&...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The timed daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This is the old UNIX time service. The timed daemon is the old UNIX time service. Disable this service and use xntp, if time...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • If AIX server does not host an SNMP agent, the dpid2 daemon must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The dpid2 daemon acts as a protocol converter, which enables DPI (SNMP v2) sub-agents, such as hostmibd, to talk to a SNMP v1...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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