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VM : disable-console-paste

Information

Copy and paste operations are disabled by default however by explicitly disabling this feature it will enable audit controls to check that this setting is correct.

Solution

Set isolation.tools.paste.disable to true in the virtual machine configuration file.

See Also

https://www.vmware.com/files/xls/hardeningguide-vsphere5-5-ga-released.xlsx

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: 7e2d9c9c3c89ae8e6d01b3cb193ee2d551dc5f9d7f1cb90b06ae9dbc8b603662