Check or Attack Name: sprayd

The sprayd service was detected as running. rpc.sprayd is a server that records the packets sent by spray, and sends a response to the originator of the packets. The rpc.sprayd daemon is normally invoked by inetd.

sprayd sends a one-way stream of packets to a host using RPC, and reports how many were received, as well as the transfer rate. The host argument can be either a name or an Internet address.

Disable the sprayd service if it is not needed.

To disable the service, follow these steps:

1. Edit the /etc/inetd.conf (or equivalent) file.
2. Locate the line that controls the daemon.
3. Type a # at the beginning of the line to comment out the daemon.
4. Restart inetd.