The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not use Digest authentication.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Digest authentication is not as strong as other options and may be subject to man-in-the-middle attacks. Disallowing Digest authentication will reduce this potential.
- ID
- SV-224960r958510_rule
- Version
- WN16-CC-000520
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows Remote Management (WinRM) >> WinRM Client >> "Disallow Digest authentication" to "Enabled".