The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must set a timeout interval on idle sessions.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Automatically logging out idle users guards against compromises via hijacked administrative sessions.
- ID
- SV-256395r959010_rule
- Version
- ESXI-70-000027
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
From an ESXi shell, add or correct the following line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config":
ClientAliveInterval 200