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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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TFTP Server
Remove tftp Daemon
Remove tftp Daemon
An XCCDF Rule
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Remove tftp Daemon
Low Severity
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a simple file transfer protocol, typically used to automatically transfer configuration or boot files between systems. TFTP does not support authentication and can be easily hacked. The package
tftp
is a client program that allows for connections to a
tftp
server.