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Web Server Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The web server must provide install options to exclude installation of utility programs, services, plug-ins, and modules not necessary for operation.

    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 Medium Severity
  • The web server must allow the mappings to unused and vulnerable scripts to be removed.

    Scripts allow server side processing on behalf of the hosted application user or as processes needed in the implementation of hosted applications. Removing scripts not needed for application operat...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The web server must have Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) disabled.

    A web server can be installed with functionality that, just by its nature, is not secure. Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) is an extension to the HTTP protocol that, when developed, was meant to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The web server must be configured to use a specified IP address and port.

    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 utilize, the web server will listen on all IP addres...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The web server must use cryptographic modules that meet the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for such authentication.

    Encryption is only as good as the encryption modules utilized. Unapproved cryptographic module algorithms cannot be verified and cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and D...
    Rule Medium Severity

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