XP Firewall Standard Profile – ICMP Requests

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17401	5.413	SV-18457r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
ICMP requests will be blocked when not connected to the domain.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-18108r1_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\StandardProfile\IcmpSettings\ Type: REG_DWORD (for all) Value Name: AllowInboundEchoRequest Value: 0 Value Name: AllowInboundMaskRequest Value: 0 Value Name: AllowInboundRouterRequest Value: 0 Value Name: AllowInboundTimestampRequest Value: 0 Value Name: AllowOutboundDestinationUnreachable Value: 0 Value Name: AllowOutboundPacketTooBig Value: 0 Value Name: AllowOutboundParameterProblem Value: 0 Value Name: AllowOutboundSourceQuench Value: 0 Value Name: AllowOutboundTimeExceeded Value: 0 Value Name: AllowRedirect 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-17305r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Connections -> Windows Firewall -> Standard Profile “Windows Firewall: Allow ICMP exceptions” to “Disabled”