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ESXI-65-000027 - The ESXi hostSSH daemon must set a timeout interval on idle sessions.

Information

Causing idle users to be automatically logged out guards against compromises one system leading trivially to compromises on another.

Solution

From an SSH session connected to the ESXi host, or from the ESXi shell, add or correct the following line in '/etc/ssh/sshd_config':

ClientAliveInterval 200

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-5_Y20M04_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-12, CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000366, CSCv6|16.4, Rule-ID|SV-104087r1_rule, STIG-ID|ESXI-65-000027, Vuln-ID|V-94001

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 57dfe394d20e4ddb315a86bca0da3bbd653809d7146512f5c8063ae838e65481