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ForeScout CounterACT NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000190-NDM-000267
CounterACT must terminate all network connections associated with an SSH connection session upon Exit, session disconnection, or after 10 minutes of inactivity, except where prevented by documented and validated mission requirements.
CounterACT must terminate all network connections associated with an SSH connection session upon Exit, session disconnection, or after 10 minutes of inactivity, except where prevented by documented and validated mission requirements. An XCCDF Rule
CounterACT must terminate all network connections associated with an SSH connection session upon Exit, session disconnection, or after 10 minutes of inactivity, except where prevented by documented and validated mission requirements.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take control of a management session enabled on the console or console port that has been left unattended. In addition, quickly terminating an idle session will also free up resources committed by the managed network element.
Terminating network connections associated with communications sessions includes, for example, deallocating associated TCP/IP address/port pairs at the operating system level or deallocating networking assignments at the application level if multiple application sessions are using a single, operating system-level network connection. This does not mean that the device terminates all sessions or network access; it only ends the inactive session and releases the resources associated with that session.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>