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V-223643

CAT II (Medium)

IBM z/OS UNIX Telnet Server Startup parameters must be properly specified to display the banner.

Rule ID

SV-223643r958586_rule

STIG

IBM z/OS ACF2 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V9R8

CCIs

CCI-001384CCI-001385CCI-001386CCI-001387CCI-001388

Discussion

Display of a standardized and approved use notification before granting access to the publicly accessible operating system ensures privacy and security notification verbiage used is consistent with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance. System use notifications are required only for access via logon interfaces with human users and are not required when such human interfaces do not exist.

Check Content

From the ISPF Command Shell enter:
ISHELL

Enter /etc/ for a pathname; a CD /etc/ may need to be issued.
select FILE NAME inetd.conf

If Option -h is included on the otelnetd command, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the startup parameters in the inetd.conf file for otelnetd to exclude option -h.

Note: -h indicates that the logon banner should not be displayed.