Anonymous FTP must not be active on the system unless authorized.

From HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-001475

SV-35100r1_rule Anonymous FTP must not be active on the system unless authorized.

Vulnerability discussion

Due to the numerous vulnerabilities inherent in anonymous FTP, it is not recommended for use. If anonymous FTP must be used on a system, the requirement must be authorized and approved in the system accreditation package.

Check content

Attempt to log in with anonymous or ftp. The user can type any string of characters as a password. (By convention, the password is the host name of the user's host or the user's email address.) The anonymous user is then given access only to user ftp's home directory, usually called /home/ftp. If the login is successful, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the FTP service to not permit anonymous logins. Remove the user(s) ftp and/or anonymous from the /etc/passwd file.

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