The ALG providing network user authentication proxy services must automatically terminate a user session when organization-defined conditions or trigger events that require a session disconnect occur.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-NET-000306-ALG-000006	SRG-NET-000306-ALG-000006	SRG-NET-000306-ALG-000006_rule		Medium

Description
Automatic session termination addresses the termination of user-initiated logical sessions in contrast to the termination of network connections that are associated with communications sessions (i.e., network disconnect). A logical session (for local, network, and remote access) is initiated whenever a user (or process acting on behalf of a user) accesses an organizational information system. Such user sessions can be terminated (and thus terminate user access) without terminating network sessions. Session termination terminates all processes associated with a user's logical session except those processes that are specifically created by the user (i.e., session owner) to continue after the session is terminated. Conditions or trigger events requiring automatic session termination can include, for example, organization-defined periods of user inactivity, targeted responses to certain types of incidents, and time-of-day restrictions on information system use. This capability is typically reserved for specific system functionality where the system owner, data owner, or organization requires additional assurance. This policy only applies to gateways (e.g., identity management or authentication gateways) that provide user account services as part of the intermediary services.

Description

Automatic session termination addresses the termination of user-initiated logical sessions in contrast to the termination of network connections that are associated with communications sessions (i.e., network disconnect). A logical session (for local, network, and remote access) is initiated whenever a user (or process acting on behalf of a user) accesses an organizational information system. Such user sessions can be terminated (and thus terminate user access) without terminating network sessions. Session termination terminates all processes associated with a user's logical session except those processes that are specifically created by the user (i.e., session owner) to continue after the session is terminated. Conditions or trigger events requiring automatic session termination can include, for example, organization-defined periods of user inactivity, targeted responses to certain types of incidents, and time-of-day restrictions on information system use. This capability is typically reserved for specific system functionality where the system owner, data owner, or organization requires additional assurance. This policy only applies to gateways (e.g., identity management or authentication gateways) that provide user account services as part of the intermediary services.

STIG	Date
Application Layer Gateway Security Requirements Guide	2014-06-27

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000306-ALG-000006_chk )
If the ALG does not provide user authentication proxy services, this is not a finding. Verify the ALG automatically terminates a user session when organization-defined conditions or trigger events that require a session disconnect occur. If the ALG does not automatically terminate a user session when organization-defined conditions or trigger events that require a session disconnect occur, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000306-ALG-000006_chk )

If the ALG does not provide user authentication proxy services, this is not a finding.

Verify the ALG automatically terminates a user session when organization-defined conditions or trigger events that require a session disconnect occur.

If the ALG does not automatically terminate a user session when organization-defined conditions or trigger events that require a session disconnect occur, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-NET-000306-ALG-000006_fix)
Configure the ALG to automatically terminate a user session when organization-defined conditions or trigger events that require a session disconnect occur.