The operating system must enforce password encryption for transmission.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000074-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000074-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000074-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
Passwords need to be protected at all times and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords during transmission to ensure unauthorized users/processes do not gain access to them. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - Lockdown mode (required) limits access via the vpxuser proxy. The proxy's password is 32 (randomly selected) characters, SHA1 encrypted, not configurable, and changed every 30 days "or" sooner when/if a new host is configured/controlled by the vCenter Server. This password is obfuscated on vCenter.

Description

Passwords need to be protected at all times and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords during transmission to ensure unauthorized users/processes do not gain access to them. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - Lockdown mode (required) limits access via the vpxuser proxy. The proxy's password is 32 (randomly selected) characters, SHA1 encrypted, not configurable, and changed every 30 days "or" sooner when/if a new host is configured/controlled by the vCenter Server. This password is obfuscated on vCenter.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000074-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-SRG-OS-000074-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.