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WN16-SO-000340 - 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_Server_2016_V2R10_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-225051r991589_rule, STIG-ID|WN16-SO-000340, STIG-Legacy|SV-88347, STIG-Legacy|V-73683, Vuln-ID|V-225051

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 17537420ae3fa5cce111ac9dbd672bb2484b2013ab875ed879ce1448418f4121