XP Firewall Standard Profile

XP Firewall Standard Profile – Enable Firewall

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17411	5.401	SV-18467r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This setting enables the Windows Firewall when not connected to the domain. The standard profile settings are used when the system is connected to a network that does not contain domain controllers for the domain of which the computer is a member.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-18118r1_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\ Value Name: EnableFirewall Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1 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-18118r1_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\

Value Name: EnableFirewall
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

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-17315r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Connections -> Windows Firewall -> Standard Profile “Windows Firewall: Protect all network connections” to “Enabled”