AIX7-00-003064 - The daytime daemon must be disabled on AIX.

Information

The daytime service provides the current date and time to other servers on a network.

This daytime service is a defunct time service, typically used for testing purposes only. The service should be disabled as it can leave the system vulnerable to DoS ping attacks.

Solution

In '/etc/inetd.conf', comment out the 'daytime' entries by running commands:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'daytime' -p 'tcp'
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'daytime' -p 'udp'

Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_IBM_AIX_7-x_V3R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-215369r958478_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-003064, STIG-Legacy|SV-101465, STIG-Legacy|V-91367, Vuln-ID|V-215369

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 79553bc52295257798863452702f0d65e1203a101dbf71db84b3088702726de5