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restricted-ssh

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restricted-ssh - AWS Config
Important

For this rule, the rule identifier (INCOMING_SSH_DISABLED) and rule name (restricted-ssh) are different.

Checks if the incoming SSH traffic for the security groups is accessible. The rule is COMPLIANT if the IP addresses of the incoming SSH traffic in the security groups are restricted (CIDR other than 0.0.0.0/0 or ::/0). Otherwise, NON_COMPLIANT.

Identifier: INCOMING_SSH_DISABLED

Resource Types: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup

Trigger type: Configuration changes and Periodic

AWS Region: All supported AWS regions

Parameters:

None

AWS CloudFormation template

To create AWS Config managed rules with AWS CloudFormation templates, see Creating AWS Config Managed Rules With AWS CloudFormation Templates.

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