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XCCDF
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
An XCCDF Group - A logical subset of the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The discard daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>The discard service is used as a debugging and measurement tool. It sets up a listening socket and ignores data that it receives. This is a /dev/null service and is obsolete. This can be used in DoS attacks and therefore, must be disabled to prevent attacks.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>