The telnet service daemon must not be installed unless required.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Telnet is an insecure protocol.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-216057r603268_rule
- Severity
- High
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
The Software Installation Profile is required.
# pfexec pkg uninstall service/network/telnet