2.1.2 Ensure daytime services are not enabled (Scored)
Profile Applicability
Level 1 - Server Level 1 - Workstation
Description
daytime
is a network service that responds with the server's current date and time. This service is intended for debugging and testing purposes. It is recommended that this service be disabled.
Rationale
Disabling this service will reduce the remote attack surface of the system.
Audit
Run the following command and verify daytime-dgram
and daytime-stream
are off or missing:
# chkconfig --list xinetd based services: daytime-dgram: off daytime-stream: off
Remediation
Run the following commands to disable daytime-dgram and daytime-stream:
# chkconfig daytime-dgram off # chkconfig daytime-stream off