description-logo Description

This indicates an attempt to access a NIS server via ypserv.
Ypserv is a server daemon that distributes the NIS database to a group of machines sharing the same configuration files.
Network Information Service (NIS) is an RPC based client/server system that allows a group of machines within an NIS domain to share a common set of configuration files. NIS servers handle all NIS requests with the ypserv daemon.

affected-products-logoAffected Products

ypserv

Impact logoImpact

Unexpected network communication

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

  • Reasonable