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The AIX SSH daemon must be configured for IP filtering.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID
SV-215295r508663_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Add appropriate IP restrictions for SSH to the "/etc/hosts.deny" and/or "/etc/hosts.allow" files. 

TCP Wrappers can be installed from the AIX Expansion Pack by installing fileset "netsec.options.tcpwrappers" using the following command (assume AIX Expansion Pack is mounted on /dev/cd0):
# installp -aXYgd /dev/cd0 -e /tmp/install.log netsec.options.tcpwrappers