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The inetd time service must not be active on the system on the inetd daemon.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-29514 GEN009300 SV-38718r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
The time service is an internal inetd function is used by the rdate command. This service is sometimes used to synchronize clocks at boot time. The service is outdated. Use the ntpdate command instead.
STIG Date
AIX 5.3 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 2014-10-03

Details

Check Text ( C-37814r1_chk )
Check the /etc/inetd.conf file for TCP and UDP time service.

grep time /etc/inetd.conf | grep -v daytime | grep -v \#

If the time service is enabled, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-33072r1_fix)
Edit the /etc/inetd.conf file and comment out the time service line.

Restart the inetd service.
# refresh -s inetd