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The Juniper router must be configured to limit the number of concurrent management sessions to an organization-defined number.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Device management includes the ability to control the number of administrators and management sessions that manage a device. Limiting the number of allowed administrators and sessions per administrator based on account type, role, or access type is helpful in limiting risks related to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. This requirement addresses concurrent sessions for administrative accounts and does not address concurrent sessions by a single administrator via multiple administrative accounts. The maximum number of concurrent sessions should be defined based upon mission needs and the operational environment for each system. At a minimum, limits must be set for SSH, HTTPS, account of last resort, and root account sessions.

ID
SV-217305r1050884_rule
Version
JUNI-ND-000010
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the router to limit the number of concurrent sessions as shown in the example below:

[edit system services]
set ssh connection-limit 3
set ssh max-sessions-per-connection 3