CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Release 1909 Benchmark

Remediation:

To establish the recommended configuration via GP, set the following UI path to Enabled :

Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\MSS (Legacy)\MSS: (NoNameReleaseOnDemand) Allow the computer to ignore NetBIOS name release requests except from WINS servers

Note: This Group Policy path does not exist by default. An additional Group Policy template ( MSS-legacy.admx/adml ) isrequired - it is available from this TechNet blog post: The MSS settings – Microsoft Security Guidance blog

Impact:

None - this is the default behavior.

Default Value:

Enabled.

References:

1. CCE-35405-0

CIS Controls:

Version 6

9 Limitation and Control of Network Ports, Protocols, and Services Limitation and Control of Network Ports, Protocols, and Services

Version 7

9.2 Ensure Only Approved Ports, Protocols and Services Are Running Ensure that only network ports, protocols, and services listening on a system with validated business needs, are running on each system. 9.3 Perform Regular Automated Port Scans Perform automated port scans on a regular basis against all systems and alert if unauthorized ports are detected on a system.

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