The operating system must employ automated mechanisms to restrict the use of maintenance tools to authorized personnel only.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000124-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000124-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000124-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
The intent of this control is to address the security-related issues arising from the software brought into the operating system specifically for diagnostic and repair actions (e.g., a software packet sniffer introduced for the purpose of a particular maintenance activity). Due to the nature of the tools, these tools must be restricted to authorized personnel only. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - No native maintenance tools.

Description

The intent of this control is to address the security-related issues arising from the software brought into the operating system specifically for diagnostic and repair actions (e.g., a software packet sniffer introduced for the purpose of a particular maintenance activity). Due to the nature of the tools, these tools must be restricted to authorized personnel only. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - No native maintenance tools.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000124-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-000124-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.