V-38582: The xinetd service must be disabled if no network services utilizing it are enabled.
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The xinetd service provides a dedicated listener service for some programs,
which is no longer necessary for commonly-used network services. Disabling it
ensures that these uncommon services are not running, and also prevents
attacks against xinetd itself.

Details: `V-38582 in STIG Viewer`_.

.. _V-38582 in STIG Viewer: https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/red_hat_enterprise_linux_6/2015-05-26/finding/V-38582

Notes for deployers
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.. include:: developer-notes/V-38582.rst