Details

This entry starts the time service when required. This service can be used to synchronize system clocks.

The time service is an obsolete process used to synchronize system clocks at boot time. This has been superseded by NTP, which should be use if time synchronization is necessary. Unless required the time service will be disabled.

Solution

In /etc/inetd.conf, comment out the time entry-

chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v ‘time’ -p ‘udp’
chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v ‘time’ -p ‘tcp’

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/528

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|CM-7b.
• CSCv6|9.1

Source

• Tenable.com/audits