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The Peer Networking Identity Manager service will be disabled.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-26604 WINSV-000103 SV-33729r1_rule Medium
Description
Unnecessary Services increase the attack surface of a system. Some of these services may not support required levels of authentication or encryption.
STIG Date
Windows Server 2008 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide 2019-06-18

Details

Check Text ( C-34150r1_chk )
Verify the service is not installed or is disabled.

Select “Start”.
Select “Run”.
Enter "Services.msc" in the run box.
Respond to any User Account Control prompts.

If the following is installed and not disabled, this is a finding:

Peer Networking Identity Manager (p2pimsvc)
Fix Text (F-29840r1_fix)
Remove or disable the Peer Networking Identity Manager (p2pimsvc) service.