Vulnerability with Chargen Service
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Hi, one of our security scans is showing that the chargen service is running on our clustered PRTG Core Servers as described here http://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=10043. Our recommended course of action is to disable this service. Does PRTG rely on this service for operation?
Thanks,
Anthony
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Hi there,
No, PRTG does not rely on this service. You can safely disable it.
Nov, 2016 - Permalink
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Hi there,
No, PRTG does not rely on this service. You can safely disable it.
Nov, 2016 - Permalink