The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must set a timeout count on idle sessions.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Setting a timeout ensures that a user login will be terminated as soon as the "ClientAliveCountMax" is reached.
- ID
- SV-256394r959010_rule
- Version
- ESXI-70-000026
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
From an ESXi shell, add or correct the following line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config":
ClientAliveCountMax 3