WN12-SV-000100 - The Fax service must be disabled if installed.

Information

Unnecessary services increase the attack surface of a system. Some of these services may not support required levels of authentication or encryption.

Solution

Remove or disable the Fax (fax) service.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_2012_and_2012_R2_MS_V3R7_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 MS STIG v3r7

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-225528r569185_rule, STIG-ID|WN12-SV-000100, STIG-Legacy|SV-52236, STIG-Legacy|V-26600, Vuln-ID|V-225528

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: ccc86c92a55f5bd5acf0a58a36183be993cc5c4381b95002de457435d7155a98