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mag2sub
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esxi5 hypervisor hardening

Are there any security hardening scripts handly for esxi5 hypervisor?

Is the sudo available for esxi5 ?

Appreciate any pointers on these

Thanks

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mag2sub
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I do have references on official vmware hardening controls/guidelines ....looking for some scripts for same ?

Also specifically how does one harden SSH access into the esx5i ....other than whitelists on the hypervisor firewall..how do we achieve non root access ...is sudoer ability available on esx5i if not any alternatives appreciated

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Troy_Clavell
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ScreamingSilenc

Please checkout this link http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-11901

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Hiront
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you can Enable Lockdown mode on ESXi.

Then root user can not login remote shell

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cb122
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I have found the free vsphere compliance checker a useful tool, it essentially audits your configs against the hardening document and provides a very simple cross or tick against each configuration to see how well you comply.

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