IIST-SI-000208 - An IIS 10.0 website behind a load balancer or proxy server must produce log records containing the source client IP, and destination information.

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Information

Web server logging capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without sufficient and accurate information, a correct replay of the events cannot be determined.

Ascertaining the correct source (e.g., source IP), of the events is important during forensic analysis. Correctly determining the source of events will add information to the overall reconstruction of the loggable event. By determining the source of the event correctly, analysis of the enterprise can be undertaken to determine if events tied to the source occurred in other areas within the enterprise.

A web server behind a load balancer or proxy server, when not configured correctly, will record the load balancer or proxy server as the source of every loggable event. When looking at the information forensically, this information is not helpful in the investigation of events. The web server must record with each event the client source of the event.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Access the proxy server through which inbound web traffic is passed and configure settings to pass web traffic to the IIS 10.0 web server transparently.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_IIS_10-0_Y23M04_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000133, Rule-ID|SV-218740r879566_rule, STIG-ID|IIST-SI-000208, STIG-Legacy|SV-109305, STIG-Legacy|V-100201, Vuln-ID|V-218740

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: b4522c2f0b795989c7be0c8bdbd5febabeb3d6ed254ab996a4b0d0c2bb84a6f0