Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V6 · R42

CurrentPublished Fri Apr 28 2017

Terminal Services idle session time limit does not meet the requirement.

Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Terminal Services idle session time limit does not meet the requirement.

Description

Discussion Text

This setting controls how long a session may be idle before it is automatically disconnected from the server. Users should disconnect if they plan on being away from their terminals for extended periods of time. Idle sessions should be disconnected after 15 minutes.

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Objective

V-3458

Rule

SV-16614r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

5.047

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

If the following registry value does not exist or its value is set to 0 or greater than 15 minutes, this is a finding:

Registry Hive:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Subkey:  \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\

Value Name:  MaxIdleTime

Type:  REG_DWORD
Value:  0x000dbba0 (900000) or less but not 0

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Terminal Services -> Terminal Server -> Session Time Limits "Set time limit for active but idle Terminal Services sessions" to "Enabled", and the "Idle session limit" set to 15 minutes or less, excluding 0 which equates to "Never".

STIG check 193 of 251 in the Windows Vista STIG checklist

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