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RHEL-06-000218 - The rlogind service must not be running.

Information

The rlogin service uses unencrypted network communications, which means that data from the login session, including passwords and all other information transmitted during the session, can be stolen by eavesdroppers on the network.

Solution

The 'rlogin' service, which is available with the 'rsh-server' package and runs as a service through xinetd, should be disabled. The 'rlogin' service can be disabled with the following command:

# chkconfig rlogin off

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_6_V2R2_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-217988r603264_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-06-000218, STIG-Legacy|SV-50403, STIG-Legacy|V-38602, Vuln-ID|V-217988

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7c4a2c32781d579b7c818cc657ac80686beaa7fb21215f6decac138474294651