XP Firewall Standard Profile – Local Program Exceptions

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17403	5.415	SV-18459r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Local program exceptions can not be defined when not connected to the domain.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-18110r1_chk )
If the following registry value doesn’t exist or is not configured as specified, then this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\ Value Name: AllowUserPrefMerge Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0 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.

Check Text ( C-18110r1_chk )

If the following registry value doesn’t exist or is not configured as specified, then this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Subkey: SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\

Value Name: AllowUserPrefMerge
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

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.

Fix Text (F-17307r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Connections -> Windows Firewall -> Standard Profile “Windows Firewall: Allow local program exceptions” to “Disabled”