3.3.33 /etc/inetd.conf - talk

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Information

This entry starts the talkd daemon when required. This service establishes a two-way communication link between two users, either locally or remotely.

This talk service is used to establish an interactive two-way communication link between two UNIX users. It is unlikely that there would be a requirement to run this type of service on a UNIX system. Unless required the talk service will be disabled

Solution

In /etc/inetd.conf, comment out the talk entry-

chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'talk' -p 'udp'

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/528