Skip to content

APACHE 2.2 Server for Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • 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

The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

Capacity
Modules