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GEN003820 - The rsh daemon must not be running.

Information

The rshd process provides a typically unencrypted, host-authenticated remote access service. SSH should be used in place of this service.

Solution

Edit /etc/xinetd.d/rsh and set 'disable=yes'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_Linux_5_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG for Oracle Linux 5 v2r1

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-17(2), CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000068, Rule-ID|SV-218512r603259_rule, STIG-ID|GEN003820, STIG-Legacy|SV-64011, STIG-Legacy|V-4687, Vuln-ID|V-218512

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 0c5b244b7e3db4fff2b0544bd2755c02335bcae02d0840662f520edc47035c35

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