The operating system must provide the capability for users to directly initiate session lock mechanisms.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000030-ESXI5-PF	SRG-OS-000030-ESXI5-PF	SRG-OS-000030-ESXI5-PF_rule		Medium

Description
A session lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the system but does not want to log out because of the temporary nature of the absence. Rather than be forced to wait for a period of time to expire before the user session can be locked, the operating system needs to provide users with the ability to manually invoke a session lock so users may secure their account should the need arise for them to temporarily vacate the immediate physical vicinity. Permanent finding - Lockdown mode (required) limits access via the vpxuser proxy (password is 32 chars, not configurable, and changed every 30 days "or" sooner when/if a new host is configured/controlled by the vCenter Server). There is No LOCK function for the Shell or SSH.

Description

A session lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the system but does not want to log out because of the temporary nature of the absence. Rather than be forced to wait for a period of time to expire before the user session can be locked, the operating system needs to provide users with the ability to manually invoke a session lock so users may secure their account should the need arise for them to temporarily vacate the immediate physical vicinity. Permanent finding - Lockdown mode (required) limits access via the vpxuser proxy (password is 32 chars, not configurable, and changed every 30 days "or" sooner when/if a new host is configured/controlled by the vCenter Server). There is No LOCK function for the Shell or SSH.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000030-ESXI5-PF_chk )
ESXi does not support this requirement. This is a permanent finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-OS-000030-ESXI5-PF_fix)
This requirement is a permanent finding and cannot be fixed. An appropriate mitigation for the system must be implemented but this finding cannot be considered fixed.