SharePoint must terminate the network connection associated with a communications session at the end of the session or after an organization-defined time period of inactivity.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-28071	SHPT-00-000645	SV-37794r1_rule	DCBP-1	Medium

Description
This requirement applies to both internal and external networks. Terminating network connections associated with communications sessions include, de-allocating associated TCP/IP address/port pairs at the operating-system level, or de-allocating networking assignments at the application level if multiple application sessions are using a single operating system-level network connection. The time period of inactivity may, as the organization deems necessary, be a set of time periods by type of network access or for specific accesses.

Description

This requirement applies to both internal and external networks. Terminating network connections associated with communications sessions include, de-allocating associated TCP/IP address/port pairs at the operating-system level, or de-allocating networking assignments at the application level if multiple application sessions are using a single operating system-level network connection. The time period of inactivity may, as the organization deems necessary, be a set of time periods by type of network access or for specific accesses.

STIG	Date
SharePoint 2010 Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG)	2011-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-37028r1_chk )
1. In Central Administration, navigate to Application Management -> Manage Applications. 2. Click a web application to view the configuration. 3. Click on General settings and verify Web Page Validation Setting is set to 10 minutes. 4. Mark as a finding if Web Page Validation Setting is set to a value greater than 10 minutes.

Fix Text (F-32295r1_fix)
1. In Central Administration, navigate to Application Management -> Manage Applications. 2. Click a web application to view the configuration. 3. Click on General settings and set Web Page Validation to 10 minutes.