WA000-WWA022 W22 - The KeepAlive directive must be enabled.

Information

The KeepAlive extension to HTTP/1.0 and the persistent connection feature of HTTP/1.1 provide long lived HTTP sessions which allow multiple requests to be sent over the same connection. These requirements are set to mitigate the effects of several types of denial of service attacks. Although there is some latitude concerning the settings themselves, the requirements attempt to provide reasonable limits for the protection of the web server. If necessary, these limits can be adjusted to accommodate the operational requirement of a given system.

Solution

Modify the KeepAlive directive in the applicable Apache configuration files to have a value of On.

See Also

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Apache_2-2_WIN_V1R13_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-5, CAT|II, Rule-ID|SV-32987r3_rule, STIG-ID|WA000-WWA022_W22, Vuln-ID|V-13725

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 963dfddb186617dc4956ecadefdb2bfac4d20376817a441903021b093b61553f