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AIX7-00-003079 - The kshell daemon must be disabled on AIX.

Information

The kshell service offers a higher degree of security than traditional rsh services. However, it still does not use encrypted communications. The recommendation is to use SSH wherever possible instead of kshell.

If the kshell service is used, you should use the latest Kerberos version available and must make sure that all the latest patches are installed.

Solution

In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "kshell" entry by running command:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'kshell' -p 'tcp'

Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_IBM_AIX_7-x_V3R3_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-215384r958478_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-003079, STIG-Legacy|SV-101497, STIG-Legacy|V-91399, Vuln-ID|V-215384

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: b58f41996ed4ac5109865463f365f97fb4f7030e4ed0f604f27ced60e0cf886f