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Selective Authentication must be enabled on outgoing forest trusts.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Enabling Selective Authentication on outbound Active Directory (AD) forest trusts significantly strengthens access control by requiring explicit authorization (through the Allowed to Authenticate permission) on resources in the trusting forest. When Selective Authentication is not enabled, less secure resource access permissions (such as those that specify Authenticated Users) might permit unauthorized access.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-243485r723490_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Enable Selective Authentication on outgoing forest trust.   
Open "Active Directory Domains and Trusts".  (Available from various menus or run "domain.msc".)
Right click the domain name in the left pane and select "Properties".
Select the "Trusts" tab.
For each outgoing forest trust, right-click the trust item and select "Properties". 
Select the "Authentication" tab.