VM Hardening

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ESXi – Hardening
– VM Hardening –
vCenter Hardening
In-Guest Hardening

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Explicitly disable copy operations.

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting isolation.tools.copy.disable

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Explicitly disable paste operations.

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting isolation.tools.paste.disable

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Disable virtual disk shrinking.

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting isolation.tools.diskShrink.disable

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Disable virtual disk wiping.

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting isolation.tools.diskWiper.disable

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Disable 3D features if not needed.

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting mks.enable3d | Format-Table Entity, Value   

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Limit the number of console connections.

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting RemoteDisplay.maxConnections | Format-Table Entity, Value

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Limit informational messages from the VM to the VMX file.

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting tools.setInfo.sizeLimit

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Limit the number of retained VM diagnostic logs.

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting log.keepOld | Format-Table Entity, Value 

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Limit the size of VM diagnostic logs.

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting log.rotateSize | Format-Table Entity, Value 

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Limit PCI/PCIe passthrough functionality.

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name "pciPassthru*.present" | Select Entity, Name, Value

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Do not send host information to guests.

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting tools.guestlib.enableHostInfo

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Check for enablement of salted VMs that are sharing memory pages

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting sched.mem.pshare.salt

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Control access to VMs through the dvfilter network APIs

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name  "ethernet*.filter*.name*" | Select Entity, Name, Value

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Encrypt VMs during vMotion.

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Lock the VM guest session when the remote console is disconnected.

Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting tools.guest.desktop.autolock | Format-Table Entity, Value 

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Sources and useful links

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