How to remove/disable a specific CIPHER from Usage Meter Appliance.

Products

• VMware Usage Meter

Issue/Introduction

Security scanning tool such as NESSUS, reports may point out weak Ciphers or suggest to disable Ciphers.
Example: Plugin Name: SSH Server CBC Mode Ciphers Enabled

Environment

Usage Meter 4.8

Resolution

Steps to remove specific cipher:

1. SSH to UM appliance as root user.
2. Edit "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file.
   

   vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

    

3. Remove the ciphers from file.
4. Restart sshd service.
   

   systemctl restart sshd