The IDPS must prevent the automatic execution of mobile code in organizationally defined software applications and requires organizationally defined actions prior to executing the code.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-NET-000290-IDPS-NA	SRG-NET-000290-IDPS-NA	SRG-NET-000290-IDPS-NA_rule		Medium

Description
Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within the IDPS are based on the potential for the code to cause damage to the system if used maliciously. Mobile code technologies include Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, PDF, Postscript, Shockwave movies, Flash animations, and VBScript. Preventing execution of mobile code on a client is the function of a HIDS, thus this control is out of scope. Preventing execution of mobile code on the client is not a function of the IDPS.

Description

Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within the IDPS are based on the potential for the code to cause damage to the system if used maliciously. Mobile code technologies include Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, PDF, Postscript, Shockwave movies, Flash animations, and VBScript. Preventing execution of mobile code on a client is the function of a HIDS, thus this control is out of scope. Preventing execution of mobile code on the client is not a function of the IDPS.

STIG	Date
IDPS Security Requirements Guide (SRG)	2012-03-08

Details

Check Text ( C-43331_chk )
This requirement does not apply to IDPS.

Fix Text (F-43331_fix)
Not applicable for IDPS. No fix required.