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Infrared [IR] support must be removed.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-51929 OSX8-00-00075 SV-66145r1_rule Medium
Description
Infrared [IR] support must be removed.
STIG Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG 2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-54019r2_chk )
To check if the software support for IR is installed, run the following command:

sudo ls -d /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIRController.kext

If the result shows the file is present, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-56737r1_fix)
To remove support for IR, run the following command:

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIRController.kext