The ALG must protect the authenticity of communications sessions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-54615	SRG-NET-000230-ALG-000113	SV-68861r1_rule		Medium

Description
Authenticity protection provides protection against man-in-the-middle attacks/session hijacking and the insertion of false information into sessions. This requirement focuses on communications protection for the application session rather than for the network packet and establishes grounds for confidence at both ends of communications sessions in ongoing identities of other parties and in the validity of information transmitted. Depending on the required degree of confidentiality and integrity, web services/SOA will require the use of mutual authentication (two-way/bidirectional).

Description

Authenticity protection provides protection against man-in-the-middle attacks/session hijacking and the insertion of false information into sessions. This requirement focuses on communications protection for the application session rather than for the network packet and establishes grounds for confidence at both ends of communications sessions in ongoing identities of other parties and in the validity of information transmitted. Depending on the required degree of confidentiality and integrity, web services/SOA will require the use of mutual authentication (two-way/bidirectional).

STIG	Date
Application Layer Gateway Security Requirements Guide	2014-11-03

Details

Check Text ( C-55235r1_chk )
Verify the ALG protects the authenticity of communications sessions. If the ALG does not protect the authenticity of communications sessions, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-59471r1_fix)
Configure ALG to protect the authenticity of communications sessions.