If AIX server is not functioning as a DNS server, the named daemon must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215360	AIX7-00-003054	SV-215360r958478_rule		Medium

Description

This is the server for the DNS protocol and controls domain name resolution for its clients. To prevent attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.

STIG	Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-08-16

Details

Check Text (C-16558r294531_chk)

From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^start[[:blank:]]/usr/sbin/named" /etc/rc.tcpip

If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16556r294532_fix)

In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "named" entry by running command:
# chrctcp -d named