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Check: GEN003660

VMware ESX 3 Server: GEN003660 (in version v1 r2)

Title

The system must log authentication informational data. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Monitoring and recording successful and unsuccessful logins assists in tracking unauthorized access to the system.

Check Content

Check /etc/syslog.conf and verify the auth facility is logging both the notice and info level messages by using one of the procedures below. # grep "auth.notice" /etc/syslog.conf # grep "auth.info" /etc/syslog.conf OR # grep 'auth.*' /etc/syslog.conf If auth.* is not found, and either auth.notice or auth.info is not found, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit /etc/syslog.conf and add local log destinations for auth.* or both auth.notice and auth.info.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-12505r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-12004

Group Title: GEN003660

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000126	The organization determines that the organization-defined subset of the auditable events defined in AU-2 are to be audited within the information system.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.

Number	Title
AU-2	Audit Events