The computer does not wait for the network at computer startup.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-3342	3.067	SV-3342r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
The setting determines if Windows waits for complete network initialization before allowing the user to log on. Part of this initialization is the application of Group Policy. This may permit a User to log on before all GPOs (Group Policy Objects) are obtained and processed and so the user may operate under the incorrect security context for a time.

STIG	Date
Windows 2003 Domain Controller Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-01-07

Details

Check Text ( C-162r1_chk )
The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Logon “Always Wait for the Network at Computer Startup and Logon” will be set to “Enabled”. If the following registry value doesn’t exist or its value is not set to 1, then this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\ Value Name: SyncForegroundPolicy Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Check Text ( C-162r1_chk )

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Logon “Always Wait for the Network at Computer Startup and Logon” will be set to “Enabled”.

If the following registry value doesn’t exist or its value is not set to 1, then this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\
Value Name: SyncForegroundPolicy
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Fix Text (F-127r1_fix)
Configure the system to wait for complete network initialization before allowing a user to log on. This is done by setting the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Logon “Always Wait for the Network at Computer Startup and Logon” to “Enabled”.