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1.216 WN11-SO-000185

Information

PKU2U authentication using online identities must be prevented.

GROUP ID: V-253459
RULE ID: SV-253459r991589

PKU2U is a peer-to-peer authentication protocol. This setting prevents online identities from authenticating to domain-joined systems. Authentication will be centrally managed with Windows user accounts.

Solution

Configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> 'Network security: Allow PKU2U authentication requests to this computer to use online identities'

to 'Disabled'.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27756

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-253459r991589_rule, STIG-ID|WN11-SO-000185, Vuln-ID|V-253459

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 50c355710b822cecf892eb3372b03d41caa55cd1f0468e8172c300b3ce2d54f7