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Microsoft IIS 10.0 Server Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000076
The IIS 10.0 web server must not be both a website server and a proxy server.
The IIS 10.0 web server must not be both a website server and a proxy server.
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The IIS 10.0 web server must not be both a website server and a proxy server.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>A web server should be primarily a web server or a proxy server but not both, for the same reasons that other multi-use servers are not recommended. Scanning for web servers that also proxy requests into an otherwise protected network is a common attack, making the attack anonymous.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>