XP Firewall Standard Profile – Display Notifications

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17408	5.420	SV-18464r2_rule	ECSC-1	Low

Description
The display of messages will be blocked when a program requests the Firewall add the program to the program exception list when not connected to the domain.

STIG	Date
Windows XP Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-03-14

Details

Check Text ( C-45439r2_chk )
If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile\ Value Name: DisableNotifications Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1 If a third-party firewall is used, verify a comparable setting has been implemented. The Remote Endpoint STIG contains additional firewall requirements for systems used remotely.

Check Text ( C-45439r2_chk )

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

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

Value Name: DisableNotifications
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

If a third-party firewall is used, verify a comparable setting has been implemented.

The Remote Endpoint STIG contains additional firewall requirements for systems used remotely.

Fix Text (F-42012r2_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Connections -> Windows Firewall -> Standard Profile "Windows Firewall: Prohibit notifications" to "Enabled". Configure a comparable setting if a third-party firewall is used.