Hello,
We're working on securing the AIX environment. started with disabling unused services on AIX.
Below are the entries which are not commented on my test LPAR (even other LPARs).
ntalk dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/talkd talkd
daytime stream tcp nowait root internal
time stream tcp nowait root internal
daytime dgram udp wait root internal
time dgram udp wait root internal
caa_cfg stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/sbin/clusterconf clusterconf >>/var/adm/ras/clusterconf.log 2>&1
xmquery dgram udp6 wait root /usr/bin/xmtopas xmtopas -p3
I believe ntalk is used for conversation purpose (between users), can disable that. I'm going to disable caa_cfg, since we are not using any cluster software.
I would like to leave "xmquery" as it is, since its not going to impact security. Please correct me if am wrong ?
I've a question about below entries
daytime
time
will it affect my server functionality in anyway If I disable these services ?
Please provide your comments/suggestions. thanks
