Disabling Unused Cisco Router-Network Services and Interfaces

Disabling Unused Cisco Router
Network Services and Interfaces
In any network security strategy, you need to identify and deactivate services
that are on by default but not actually used. This section discusses deactivating
these services on Cisco routers.
Unused Router Interfaces
Attacks can exploit active, unused router interfaces to gain access to a router
or to gather information about it. Disable unused router interfaces with the
shutdown command