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WN10-SO-000185 - PKU2U authentication using online identities must be prevented.

Information

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://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_10_V3R6_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-220935r991589_rule, STIG-ID|WN10-SO-000185, STIG-Legacy|SV-78257, STIG-Legacy|V-63767, Vuln-ID|V-220935

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: dafffb73ed27e131e9f13de4d8b9b6c51b139455f1290ceb9595b05562e57349