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1.162 WN10-CC-000300

Information

Basic authentication for RSS feeds over HTTP must not be used.

GROUP ID: V-220854RULE ID: SV-220854r958478

Basic authentication uses plain text passwords that could be used to compromise a system.

Solution

The default behavior is for the Windows RSS platform to not use Basic authentication over HTTP connections.

If this needs to be corrected, configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> RSS Feeds >> 'Turn on Basic feed authentication over HTTP'

to 'Not Configured' or 'Disabled'.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23869

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, 800-53|CM-7a., CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-220854r958478_rule, STIG-ID|WN10-CC-000300, Vuln-ID|V-220854

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: b2c5a5eb0e476b32b9d38afbfbebea926c72581c497c854135c76f9eb93730ff