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The system must be configured to send audit records to a remote audit server.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
GEN002870-ESXI5-PNF GEN002870-ESXI5-PNF GEN002870-ESXI5-PNF_rule Low
Description
Audit records contain evidence that can be used in the investigation Permanent not a finding - Remote logging is covered as a VMware HG requirement. Audit records are logged to a remote syslog server, which "may" be the vCenter Server or an unrelated organization-defined syslog server. Records are centrally managed off-system. refer to SRG-OS-99999-ESXI5-000133.
STIG Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN002870-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-GEN002870-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.