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Prevent Other Programs from Using Avahi's Port

An XCCDF Rule

Description

To prevent other mDNS stacks from running, edit /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf and ensure the following line appears in the [server] section:

disallow-other-stacks=yes

Rationale

This helps ensure that only Avahi is responsible for mDNS traffic coming from that port on the system.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_avahi_prevent_port_sharing
Severity
Medium
References
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