Details

The number of retries before the SSH login session disconnects.

Solution

Configure the SSH timeout:
hostname(config)#ip ssh authentication-retries [3]

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/508

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system Cisco.

References

• 800-53|AC-2

Source

• Tenable.com/audits