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Rstat

Rstat Running: The rstat daemon gives an intruder the following information:

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Risk: Low

Fix: To ensure that a potential intruder cannot obtain this information from the rstat process, disable the service by:

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Rstat Output: The rstat service gives an intruder information such as load average, network traffic, etc.

Risk: Low

Fix: Disable the rstat service.