The system must use a remote syslog server (log host).

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN005450-ESXI5-PNF	GEN005450-ESXI5-PNF	GEN005450-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description

A syslog server (log host) receives syslog messages from one or more systems. This data can be used as an authoritative log source in the event a system is compromised and its local logs are suspect. 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 by a remote loghost; refer to SRG-OS-99999-ESXI5-000133.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN005450-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-GEN005450-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.