The system clock must be synchronized continuously, or at least daily.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN000241-ESXI5-PNF	GEN000241-ESXI5-PNF	GEN000241-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
A synchronized system clock is critical for the enforcement of time-based policies and the correlation of logs and audit records with other systems. Internal system clocks tend to drift and require periodic resynchronization to ensure their accuracy. Software, such as ntpd, can be used to continuously synchronize the system clock with authoritative sources. Alternatively, the system may be synchronized periodically, with a maximum of one day between synchronizations. Permanent not a finding - Covered in the VMware HG, SRG-OS-99999-ESXI5-000133.

Description

A synchronized system clock is critical for the enforcement of time-based policies and the correlation of logs and audit records with other systems. Internal system clocks tend to drift and require periodic resynchronization to ensure their accuracy. Software, such as ntpd, can be used to continuously synchronize the system clock with authoritative sources. Alternatively, the system may be synchronized periodically, with a maximum of one day between synchronizations. Permanent not a finding - Covered in the VMware HG, SRG-OS-99999-ESXI5-000133.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN000241-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-GEN000241-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.