If rwhod is not required on AIX, the rwhod daemon must be disabled.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
This is the remote WHO service. To prevent remote attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.
- ID
- SV-215362r958478_rule
- Version
- AIX7-00-003056
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "rwhod" entry by running command:
# chrctcp -d rwhod