Access Security - SSH - Set connection-limit and rate-limit restrictions - connection-limit

Information

Limit the total number of unique connections to the device to preserve resources and reduce the chance of DoS.

Solution

Configure SSH to limit the number of connections.

user@host# edit system services ssh
user@host# set connection-limit 3

See Also

http://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/jnbooks/day-one/fundamentals-series/hardening-junos-devices-checklist/

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-10

Plugin: Juniper

Control ID: 2ef180c2b8183f82b9d47e71d7e69d56bb289208200e1e86b4d62e757b4c4f67