XP Firewall Domain Profile – Remote Administration

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17395	5.407	SV-18451r1_rule	ECSC-1	Low

Description
Allows incoming unsolicited messages related to remote administration when connected to the domain.

STIG	Date
Windows XP Security Technical Implementation Guide	2012-08-22

Details

Check Text ( C-18102r1_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\RemoteAdminSettings\ Value Name: Enabled Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1 Value Name: RemoteAddresses Type: REG_SZ Value: “IP address / subnet defined in policy” 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-18102r1_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\RemoteAdminSettings\

Value Name: Enabled
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Value Name: RemoteAddresses
Type: REG_SZ
Value: “IP address / subnet defined in policy”

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-17299r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Connections -> Windows Firewall -> Domain Profile “Windows Firewall: Allow remote administration exception” to “Enabled” with the IP addresses or subnets defined from which the incoming messages will be allowed (see policy for details)