OHS must be tuned to handle the operational requirements of the hosted application.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>A Denial of Service (DoS) can occur when the web server is so overwhelmed that it can no longer respond to additional requests. A web server not properly tuned may become overwhelmed and cause a DoS condition even with expected traffic from users. To avoid a DoS, the web server must be tuned to handle the expected traffic for the hosted applications.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-221519r879806_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Set the following directives appropriately for the server and application:
MaxClients
MPM Module
-worker (StartServers, MinSpareThreads, MaxSpareThreads, ThreadsPerChild)
Timeout
KeepAlive