The application server must uniquely identify all network-connected endpoint devices before establishing any connection.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-35306	SRG-APP-000158-AS-000108	SV-46593r3_rule		Medium

Description
Without identifying devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. For distributed application servers and components, the decisions regarding the validation of identification claims may be made by services separate from the application server. In such situations, it is necessary to provide the identification decisions (as opposed to the actual identifiers) to the services that need to act on those decisions.

Description

Without identifying devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. For distributed application servers and components, the decisions regarding the validation of identification claims may be made by services separate from the application server. In such situations, it is necessary to provide the identification decisions (as opposed to the actual identifiers) to the services that need to act on those decisions.

STIG	Date
Application Server Security Requirements Guide	2015-08-28

Details

Check Text ( C-43675r2_chk )
Review application server documentation and configuration to ensure the application server identifies devices before allowing connections. If the application server does not identify a device before connection, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-39852r2_fix)
Configure the application server to identify devices before allowing connections.