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APACHE 2.2 Server for Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • A private web server must be located on a separate controlled access subnet.

    Private web servers, which host sites that serve controlled access data, must be protected from outside threats in addition to insider threats. Insider threat may be accidental or intentional but, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WG190

    Group
  • WG220

    Group
  • WG130

    Group
  • All utility programs, not necessary for operations, must be removed or disabled.

    Just as running unneeded services and protocols is a danger to the web server at the lower levels of the OSI model, running unneeded utilities and programs is also a danger at the application layer...
    Rule Low Severity
  • WG270

    Group
  • WG280

    Group
  • The access control files are owned by a privileged web server account.

    This check verifies that the key web server system configuration files are owned by the SA or Web Manager controlled account. These same files which control the configuration of the web server, and...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WA120

    Group
  • WG300

    Group
  • WG330

    Group
  • A public web server must limit e-mail to outbound only.

    Incoming E-mail has been known to provide hackers with access to servers. Disabling the incoming mail service prevents this type of attacks. Additionally, Email represents the main use of the Inter...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WG470

    Group
  • WG440

    Group
  • Monitoring software must include CGI or equivalent programs in its scope.

    By their very nature, CGI type files permit the anonymous web user to interact with data and perhaps store data on the web server. In many cases, CGI scripts exercise system-level control over the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WA140

    Group
  • The KeepAliveTimeout directive must be defined.

    The number of seconds Apache will wait for a subsequent request before closing the connection. Once a request has been received, the timeout value specified by the Timeout directive applies. Settin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WG204

    Group
  • A web server installation must be segregated from other services.

    The web server installation and configuration plan should not support the co-hosting of multiple services such as Domain Name Service (DNS), e-mail, databases, search engines, indexing, or streamin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WG520

    Group

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