The Apache web server must encrypt passwords during transmission.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-214327	AS24-W1-000370	SV-214327r879609_rule		Medium

Description
Data used to authenticate, especially passwords, needs to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting authentication data during transmission. Data used to authenticate can be passed to and from the web server for many reasons. Examples include data passed from a user to the web server through an HTTPS connection for authentication, the web server authenticating to a backend database for data retrieval and posting, and the web server authenticating to a clustered web server manager for an update.

Description

Data used to authenticate, especially passwords, needs to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting authentication data during transmission. Data used to authenticate can be passed to and from the web server for many reasons. Examples include data passed from a user to the web server through an HTTPS connection for authentication, the web server authenticating to a backend database for data retrieval and posting, and the web server authenticating to a clustered web server manager for an update.

STIG	Date
Apache Server 2.4 Windows Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-12-14

Details

Check Text ( C-15539r277484_chk )
Review the <'INSTALL PATH'>\conf\httpd.conf file. Ensure SSL is enabled by looking at the "SSLVerifyClient" directive. If the value of "SSLVerifyClient" is not set to "require", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-15537r277485_fix)
Edit the <'INSTALL PATH'>\conf\httpd.conf file and set the value of "SSLVerifyClient" to "require". Restart the Apache service.