The timed daemon must be disabled on AIX.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>This is the old UNIX time service. The timed daemon is the old UNIX time service. Disable this service and use xntp, if time synchronization is required in the environment.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-215363r508663_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "timed" entry by running command:
# chrctcp -d timed