RPC keyserv service

Risk Level: Low risk vulnerability  Low

Check or Attack Name: keyserv

Platforms: Unix
Description:

The RPC keyserv service was detected as running. The keyserv service stores the private encryption keys of all logged in users for use with network services with integrated security, like secure NFS and NIS+. The keyserv service registers with the RPC portmapper as program 100029.

Remedy:

This service should be disabled if your network is not implementing any protocol that requires or uses this type of integrated security.

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