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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Photon operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

    Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an in...
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  • SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00216

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  • The Photon operating system must be configured to audit the loading and unloading of dynamic kernel modules.

    Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an in...
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  • SRG-OS-000478-GPOS-00223

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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00225

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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00226

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  • The Photon operating system must enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt in login.defs.

    Limiting the number of logon attempts over a certain time interval reduces the chances that an unauthorized user may gain access to an account.
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228

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  • The Photon operating system must define default permissions for all authenticated users in such a way that the user can only read and modify their own files.

    Setting the most restrictive default permissions ensures that when new accounts are created they do not have unnecessary access.
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

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  • The Photon operating system must configure Secure Shell (SSH) to disallow HostbasedAuthentication.

    SSH trust relationships enable trivial lateral spread after a host compromise and therefore must be explicitly disabled.
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  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • The Photon operating system must be configured to use the pam_faillock.so module.

    By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking...
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  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • The Photon operating system must persist lockouts between system reboots.

    By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking...
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  • SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037

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