GEN006400 - The Network Information System (NIS) protocol must not be used.

Information

Due to numerous security vulnerabilities existing within NIS, it must not be used. Possible alternative directory services are NIS+ and LDAP.

Solution

Disable the use of NIS. Possible replacements are NIS+ and LDAP.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_STIG_Library_2015_07.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA AIX 5.3 STIG v1r2

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001435, Rule-ID|SV-867r2_rule, STIG-ID|GEN006400, Vuln-ID|V-867

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2e79ad8f935f184a0e7655bcc7b3e3b04709617fe6e117a902cca48e27552f0b