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The system must have IEEE 1394 (Firewire) disabled unless needed.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
GEN008500-ESXI5-000123 GEN008500-ESXI5-000123 GEN008500-ESXI5-000123_rule Low
Description
Firewire is a common computer peripheral interface. Firewire devices may include storage devices that could be used to install malicious software on a system or exfiltrate data.
STIG Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN008500-ESXI5-000123_chk )
To verify hardware enabled options: Interrupt the host computer's boot process and enter the BIOS menu. Inspect the menu option for IEEE 1394 device connectivity. If the system uses IEEE 1394, this is not applicable. If the system does not use IEEE 1394 and IEEE 1394 is enabled, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-GEN008500-ESXI5-000123_fix)
To modify hardware enabled options: Interrupt the host computer's boot process and enter the BIOS menu. Inspect the menu option for IEEE 1394 device connectivity. Disable IEEE 1394.