XP Firewall Domain Profile

XP Firewall Domain Profile – Logging

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17394	5.406	SV-18450r1_rule	ECSC-1	Low

Description
Firewall logging will be enabled and configured as defined when connected to the domain.

STIG	Date
Windows XP Security Technical Implementation Guide	2012-06-29

Details

Check Text ( C-18101r1_chk )
If the following registry values don’t exist or are not configured as specified, then this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Logging\ Value Name: LogDroppedPackets Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1 Value Name: LogFilePath Type: REG_SZ Value: %systemroot%\domainfw.log Value Name: LogFileSize Type: REG_DWORD Value: 16384 (or greater) Value Name: LogSuccessfulConnections Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1 Note: The Gold Disk will search for the file name “domainfw.log”. If the site uses a different name for the log file, the finding will need to be closed manually. Note: If a 3rd party firewall is used, document this with the IAO and mark the Windows Firewall settings as Not Applicable. The Desktop/Secure Remote Computing STIGs contain additional requirements for systems used remotely. The XP Firewall does not meet the requirements for personal firewalls from the Desktop/Secure Remote Computing STIGs. Note: If the system in not a member of a Domain, the Domain Profile requirements can be marked Not Applicable.

Check Text ( C-18101r1_chk )

If the following registry values don’t exist or are not configured as specified, then this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Subkey: SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Logging\

Value Name: LogDroppedPackets
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Value Name: LogFilePath
Type: REG_SZ
Value: %systemroot%\domainfw.log

Value Name: LogFileSize
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 16384 (or greater)

Value Name: LogSuccessfulConnections
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Note: The Gold Disk will search for the file name “domainfw.log”. If the site uses a different name for the log file, the finding will need to be closed manually.

Note: If a 3rd party firewall is used, document this with the IAO and mark the Windows Firewall settings as Not Applicable. The Desktop/Secure Remote Computing STIGs contain additional requirements for systems used remotely. The XP Firewall does not meet the requirements for personal firewalls from the Desktop/Secure Remote Computing STIGs.

Note: If the system in not a member of a Domain, the Domain Profile requirements can be marked Not Applicable.

Fix Text (F-17298r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Connections -> Windows Firewall -> Domain Profile “Windows Firewall: Allow logging” to “Enabled” with the following parameters checked “Log dropped packets” “Log successful connections” “Log file path and name” set to “%systemroot%\domainfw.log” “Size limit (KB)” set to “16384” (or greater) Note: The Gold Disk will search for the file name “domainfw.log”. If the site uses a different name for the log file the finding will need to be closed manually.

Fix Text (F-17298r1_fix)

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Connections -> Windows Firewall -> Domain Profile “Windows Firewall: Allow logging” to “Enabled” with the following parameters checked
“Log dropped packets”
“Log successful connections”
“Log file path and name” set to “%systemroot%\domainfw.log”
“Size limit (KB)” set to “16384” (or greater)

Note: The Gold Disk will search for the file name “domainfw.log”. If the site uses a different name for the log file the finding will need to be closed manually.