The instsrv daemon must be disabled on AIX.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The instsrv service is part of the Network Installation Tools, used for servicing servers running AIX 3.2. This service should be disabled to prevent attacks.
- ID
- SV-215390r958478_rule
- Version
- AIX7-00-003085
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "instsrv" entry by running command:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'instsrv' -p 'tcp'
Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd