Vuln general nfs

Introduction

Alert Message

High Risk: Unnecessary NFS service was detected.

Summary

This means that ASL has detected the presence of the NFS daemon on the system.

Details

Explanation

The NFS (Network File System) was developed to allow file sharing between systems residing on a local area network. The basic design of NFS is inherently insecure in ins implementation.

Recommendations

In general, we do not recommend using or enabling the NFS service in internet environments.

Notes

It is not possible to disable this check in ASL at this time.