CCE-90674-3Platform: rhel7,centos7 | Date: (C)2017-06-29 (M)2022-10-10 |
Disable xinetd Service
The 'xinetd' service can be disabled with the following command:
'$ sudo systemctl disable xinetd'
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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.
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SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:30365 |
SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:31088 |