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Severity

Version

V1 · R2

CurrentPublished Fri Jul 22 2016

The FTP daemon must be configured for logging or verbose mode.

VMware ESX 3 Server

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The FTP daemon must be configured for logging or verbose mode.

Description

Discussion Text

Verbose FTP logging allows the examination of events involving FTP account activity, including login/logout events and file transfers. Without this configuration, logs necessary for troubleshooting or analyzing security incidents will be incomplete.

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Objective

V-845

Rule

SV-845r2_rule

Severity

low

Rule Version

GEN004980

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Examine the FTP daemon service configuration.

# grep ftpd /etc/inetd.conf, 

Check the line for ftpd and determine if the -l or -v options are present.

If not, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Edit the FTP daemon configuration in /etc/inetd.conf and add the "-l"  or "-v" options (as appropriate) to enable verbose logging.

STIG check 575 of 630 in the VMware ESX 3 Server STIG checklist

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