The daytime daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215369 | AIX7-00-003064 | SV-215369r958478_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| The daytime service provides the current date and time to other servers on a network. This daytime service is a defunct time service, typically used for testing purposes only. The service should be disabled as it can leave the system vulnerable to DoS ping attacks. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-16 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-215369r958478_chk)
From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^daytime[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf
If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-16565r294559_fix)
In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "daytime" entries by running commands:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'daytime' -p 'tcp'
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'daytime' -p 'udp'
Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd