Level 1 - Server Level 1 - Workstation
discard is a network service that simply discards all data it receives. This service is intended for debugging and testing purposes. It is recommended that this service be disabled.
Disabling this service will reduce the remote attack surface of the system.
Run the following command and verify discard-dgram and discard-stream are off or missing:
# chkconfig --list xinetd based services: discard-dgram: off discard-stream: off
Run the following commands to disable discard-dgram and discard-stream:
# chkconfig discard-dgram off # chkconfig discard-stream off