Ensure talk server is not enabled – ‘talk’ Details The talk software makes it possible for users to send and receive messages across systems through a terminal session....
Ensure telnet server is not enabled Details The telnet-server package contains the telnet daemon, which accepts connections from users from other systems via the telnet protocol....
Ensure tftp-server is not enabled Details Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a simple file transfer protocol, typically used to automatically transfer configuration or boot...
Ensure the X Window system is not installed – Review Details The X Window system provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) where users can have multiple windows in which to...
Ensure time is not enabled Details time is a network service that responds with the server’s current date and time as a 32 bit integer....
Ensure xinetd is not enabled Details The eXtended InterNET Daemon (xinetd) is an open source super daemon that replaced the original inetd daemon. The xinetd...
Install Updates, Patches and Additional Security Software Details Note: Nessus has not performed this check, and this item is only provided for informational purposes. Solution Run the...
Require Authentication for Single-User Mode Details Setting a password for the root user will force authentication in single user mode. *Rationale* Requiring authentication in single...
Restrict Core Dumps – apport Details A core dump is the memory of an executable program. It is generally used to determine why a program...
Restrict Core Dumps – ‘fs.suid.dumpable = 0’ Details A core dump is the memory of an executable program. It is generally used to determine why a program...