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AIX7-00-003070 - The ntalk daemon must be disabled on AIX.

Information

This service establishes a two-way communication link between two users, either locally or remotely. Unless required the ntalk service will be disabled to prevent attacks.

Solution

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

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|I, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-215375r958478_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-003070, STIG-Legacy|SV-101477, STIG-Legacy|V-91379, Vuln-ID|V-215375

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 91e9bef9db779edb11a591ae6e9b384f772ecdc933019c23c95c2ca092062e42