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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11367
Category:Useless services
Title:Check for discard Service
Summary:The remote host is running a 'discard' service. This service; typically sets up a listening socket and will ignore all the data which it receives.;; This service is unused these days, so it is advised that you disable it.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is running a 'discard' service. This service
typically sets up a listening socket and will ignore all the data which it receives.

This service is unused these days, so it is advised that you disable it.

Solution:
- Under Unix systems, comment out the 'discard' line in /etc/inetd.conf
and restart the inetd process

- Under Windows systems, set the following registry key to 0:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SimpTCP\Parameters\EnableTcpDiscard

Then launch cmd.exe and type:

net stop simptcp

net start simptcp

To restart the service.

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-1999-0636
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