The AIX systems access control program must be configured to grant or deny system access to specific hosts.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If the system's access control program is not configured with appropriate rules for allowing and denying access to system network resources, services may be accessible to unauthorized hosts.
- ID
- SV-215419r991589_rule
- Version
- AIX7-00-003124
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Edit the "/etc/hosts.allow" and "/etc/hosts.deny" files to configure access restrictions.
Add "ALL: ALL" entry to "/etc/hosts.deny" file.