Disable xinetd Service The 'xinetd' service can be disabled with the following command: '$ sudo systemctl disable xinetd' The xinetd service provides a dedicated listener service for some programs, which is no longer necessary for commonly-used network services. Disabling it ensures that these uncommon services are not running, and also prevents attacks against xinetd itself. Fix: No Remediation Info oval:org.secpod.oval:def:30365 oval:org.secpod.oval:def:31088 SCAP Repo OVAL Definition 2015-11-13