The operating system must terminate the network connection associated with a communications session at the end of the session or after 10 minutes of inactivity.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-216356r970703_rule
Severity: Low
References: CCI-001133
Updated: 18 days ago

The root role is required.

Configure the system to disconnect SSH sessions after 10 minutes of inactivity.

Modify the sshd_config file:
# pfedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Modify or add the lines containing:

ClientAliveInterval
ClientAliveCountMax 

Change them to:

ClientAliveInterval 600
ClientAliveCountMax 0

Restart the SSH service:

# svcadm restart svc:/network/ssh

The operating system must terminate the network connection associated with a communications session at the end of the session or after 10 minutes of inactivity.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure