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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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TFTP Server
Ensure tftp Daemon Uses Secure Mode
Ensure tftp Daemon Uses Secure Mode
An XCCDF Rule
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Ensure tftp Daemon Uses Secure Mode
Medium Severity
If running the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) service is necessary, it should be configured to change its root directory at startup. To do so, ensure
/etc/xinetd.d/tftp
includes
-s
as a command line argument, as shown in the following example:
server_args = -s