5.3 Ensure daytime is not enabled

Information

daytime is a network service that responds with the server's current date and time. This service is intended for debugging and testing purposes. It is recommended that this service be disabled. Disabling this service will reduce the remote attack surface of the system.

Solution

Remove or comment out any daytime lines in /etc/inetd.conf- #daytime stream tcp nowait root internal

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/85

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7b., CSCv6|9.1

Plugin: Unix

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