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TCP backlog queue sizes must be set appropriately.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
GEN003601-ESXI5-PNF GEN003601-ESXI5-PNF GEN003601-ESXI5-PNF_rule Medium
Description
To provide some mitigation to TCP DoS attacks, the TCP backlog queue sizes must be set to at least 1280 or in accordance with product-specific guidelines. Permanent not a finding - The hypervisor does not support this function.
STIG Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN003601-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-GEN003601-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.