Remote consoles must be disabled or protected from unauthorized access.

From AIX 5.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-000070

SV-27149r1_rule Remote consoles must be disabled or protected from unauthorized access.

Vulnerability discussion

The remote console feature provides an additional means of access to the system which could allow unauthorized access if not disabled or properly secured. With virtualization technologies, remote console access is essential as there is no physical console for virtual machines. Remote console access must be protected in the same manner as any other remote privileged access method.

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Edit /etc/security/login.cfg and remove the alternate console definition.

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