Splunk Enterprise forwarders must be configured with Indexer Acknowledgement enabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-221936	SPLK-CL-000175	SV-221936r961863_rule		Low

Description
To prevent the loss of data during transmission, a handshake acknowledgement between the sender and the recipient may need configured.

STIG	Date
Splunk Enterprise 7.x for Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-10

Details

Check Text ( C-23650r420276_chk )
If the server being reviewed is not a forwarder, this check is N/A. In the Splunk installation folder, check the following file in the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local folder: outputs.conf Locate the section similar to: [tcpout:group1] useACK=true Note that group1 may be named differently depending on how tcpout was configured. If the useACK=true statement is missing or set to false, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-23650r420276_chk )

If the server being reviewed is not a forwarder, this check is N/A.

In the Splunk installation folder, check the following file in the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local folder:

outputs.conf

Locate the section similar to:

[tcpout:group1]
useACK=true

Note that group1 may be named differently depending on how tcpout was configured.

If the useACK=true statement is missing or set to false, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-23639r420277_fix)
If the server is not a forwarder, this check is N/A. In the Splunk installation folder, edit the following file in the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local folder: outputs.conf Locate the section similar to: [tcpout:group1] Note that group1 may be named differently depending on how tcpout was configured. Add the following line under the group stanza above: useACK=true