The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must set a timeout interval on idle sessions.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-258766r933359_rule
Severity: Low
References: CCI-000366
Updated: 8 months ago

From an ESXi shell, run the following command:

# esxcli system ssh server config set -k clientaliveinterval -v 200

or
From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host, run the following commands:

$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -v2
$arguments = $esxcli.system.ssh.server.config.set.CreateArgs()
$arguments.keyword = 'clientaliveinterval'
$arguments.value = '200'
$esxcli.system.ssh.server.config.set.Invoke($arguments)

The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must set a timeout interval on idle sessions.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure