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AIX7-00-003069 - The talk daemon must be disabled on AIX.

Information

This talk service is used to establish an interactive two-way communication link between two UNIX users. Unless required the talk service will be disabled to prevent attacks.

Solution

In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "talkd" entry by running command:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'talk' -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|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-215374r958478_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-003069, STIG-Legacy|SV-101475, STIG-Legacy|V-91377, Vuln-ID|V-215374

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: bbfb8409e62beaa7bed4c58df2252156c3563619250ed7b78b71a4390f5e9e48