Title

Terminal Services is not configured to disconnect clients when time limits are exceeded. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This setting, which is located under the Sessions section of the Terminal Services configuration option, controls whether or not clients are forcefully disconnected if their terminal services time limit is exceeded. If time limits are established for users, they should be enforced.

Check Content

If the following registry value doesn’t exist or its value is not set to 1, then this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\ Value Name: fResetBroken Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Terminal Services -> Sessions “Terminate Session When Time Limits are Reached” to “Enabled”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-3460r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-3460

Group Title: Terminal Services - Enforce Session Time Limit

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