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Test ID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10158

Category: NIS

Title: NIS server

Summary: NOSUMMARY

Description: Description:

The remote host is a NIS server. NIS is used to share password files among
the hosts of a given network, which must not be intercepted by an attacker.

Usually, the first step of their attack is to determine whether they are
attacking a NIS server, which make the host a more valuable target.

Since we could determine that the remote host is a NIS server, they can
determine too, which is not a good thing.

Solution : filter incoming TCP and UDP traffic to prevent them from connecting
to the portmapper and to the NIS server.
Risk factor : Low

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-1999-0620

Copyright This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison

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Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10158
Category:	NIS
Title:	NIS server
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is a NIS server. NIS is used to share password files among the hosts of a given network, which must not be intercepted by an attacker. Usually, the first step of their attack is to determine whether they are attacking a NIS server, which make the host a more valuable target. Since we could determine that the remote host is a NIS server, they can determine too, which is not a good thing. Solution : filter incoming TCP and UDP traffic to prevent them from connecting to the portmapper and to the NIS server. Risk factor : Low
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-1999-0620
Copyright	This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison