The system must not have any peer-to-peer file-sharing application installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN006040-ESXI5-PNF	GEN006040-ESXI5-PNF	GEN006040-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
Peer-to-peer file-sharing software can result in the unintentional exfiltration of information. There are also many legal issues associated with these types of utilities including copyright infringement or other intellectual property issues. The ASD Memo "Use of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File-Sharing Applications across the DoD" states the following Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - The hypervisor does not support this function ( No peer-to-peer file-sharing software).

Description

Peer-to-peer file-sharing software can result in the unintentional exfiltration of information. There are also many legal issues associated with these types of utilities including copyright infringement or other intellectual property issues. The ASD Memo "Use of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File-Sharing Applications across the DoD" states the following Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - The hypervisor does not support this function ( No peer-to-peer file-sharing software).

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

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN006040-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-GEN006040-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.