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Windows Server 2019 must prevent PKU2U authentication using online identities.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

PKU2U is a peer-to-peer authentication protocol. This setting prevents online identities from authenticating to domain-joined systems. Authentication will be centrally managed with Windows user accounts.

ID
SV-205918r991589_rule
Version
WN19-SO-000280
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> "Network security: Allow PKU2U authentication requests to this computer to use online identities" to "Disabled".