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The Juniper SRX Services Gateway must terminate a device management session if the keep-alive count is exceeded.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-66539 JUSX-DM-000157 SV-81029r1_rule Medium
Description
Configuring the keep-alive for management protocols mitigates the risk of an open connection being hijacked by an attacker. The keep-alive messages and the interval between each message are used to force the system to disconnect a user that has lost network connectivity to the device. This differs from inactivity timeouts because the device does not wait the 10 minutes to log the user out but, instead, immediately logs the user out if the number of keep-alive messages are exceeded. The interval between messages should also be configured. These values should be set to an organization-defined value based on mission requirements and network performance.
STIG Date
Juniper SRX SG NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide 2017-01-05

Details

Check Text ( C-67185r1_chk )
Verify this setting by entering the following commands in configuration mode.

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show system services ssh

If the keep-alive count and keep-alive interval is not set to an organization-defined value, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-72615r1_fix)
Configure this setting by entering the following commands in configuration mode.

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set system services ssh client-alive-count-max
set system services ssh client-alive-interval