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Check: GEN002800

VMware ESX 3 Server: GEN002800 (in version v1 r2)

Title

The audit system must be configured to audit login, logout, and session initiation. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.

Check Content

Verify the system is configured to audit login, logout, and session initiation. If the system does not audit any of these events, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the system to audit login, logout, and session initiation.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-818r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-818

Group Title: GEN002800

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000126	Specify the organization-defined event types (subset of the event types defined in AU-2a) along with the frequency of (or situation requiring logging for each identified event type.

Controls

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

Number	Title
AU-2	Audit Events