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VMware Horizon 7.13 Client Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • The Horizon Client must not send anonymized usage data.

    By default, the Horizon Client collects anonymized data from the client systems to help improve software and hardware compatibility. To eliminate any possibility of sensitive DoD configurations bei...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Horizon Client must not connect to servers without fully verifying the server certificate.

    Preventing the disclosure of transmitted information requires that the application server take measures to employ some form of cryptographic mechanism in order to protect the information during tra...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Horizon Client must use approved ciphers.

    The Horizon Client disables the older TLS v1.0 protocol and the SSL v2 and SSL v3 protocols by default. TLS v1.1 is still enabled in the default configuration, despite known shortcomings, for the s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • The Horizon Client must not show the Log in as current user option.

    The Horizon Connection Server STIG disabled the "Log in as current user" option, for reasons described there. Displaying this option and allowing users to select it would lead to unnecessary confus...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • The Horizon Client must not ignore certificate revocation problems.

    When the Horizon Client connects to the server, by default, the server TLS certificate will be validated on the client side. If the revocation status cannot be determined or if the certificate is r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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