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Lookup Service must limit the number of allowed connections.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Limiting the number of established connections is a basic denial-of-service protection and a best practice. Servers where the limit is too high or unlimited could run out of system resources and negatively affect system availability.

ID
SV-256724r888763_rule
Version
VCLU-70-000019
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-lookupsvc/conf/server.xml

Navigate to the <Connector> configured with port="${bio-custom.http.port}".