Microsoft IIS 10.0 Site Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Each IIS 10.0 website must be assigned a default host header.
The web server must be configured to listen on a specified IP address and port. Without specifying an IP address and port for the web server to use, the web server will listen on all IP addresses a...Rule Medium Severity -
Anonymous IIS 10.0 website access accounts must be restricted.
Many of the security problems that occur are not the result of a user gaining access to files or data for which the user does not have permissions, but rather users are assigned incorrect permissio...Rule High Severity -
The IIS 10.0 website must generate unique session identifiers that cannot be reliably reproduced.
Communication between a client and the web server is done using the HTTP protocol, but HTTP is a stateless protocol. To maintain a connection or session, a web server will generate a session identi...Rule Medium Severity -
Double encoded URL requests must be prohibited by any IIS 10.0 website.
Request filtering enables administrators to create a more granular rule set with which to allow or reject inbound web content. Setting limits on web requests ensures availability of web services an...Rule Medium Severity -
The IIS 10.0 websites connectionTimeout setting must be explicitly configured to disconnect an idle session.
Leaving sessions open indefinitely is a major security risk. An attacker can easily use an already authenticated session to access the hosted application as the previously authenticated user. By cl...Rule Medium Severity
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