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keyserv service

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
checks the presence of a RPC service

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The keyserv RPC service is running.
If you do not use this service, then
disable it as it may become a security
threat in the future, if a vulnerability
is discovered.

This service is necessary to exploit
some holes in RPC services like
yppupdated.

Network Security Threat Level: Low / Medium

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison

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