CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Release 1909 Benchmark

Impact:

TCP starts a retransmission timer when each outbound segment is passed to the IP. If no acknowledgment is received for the data in a given segment before the timer expires, then the segment is retransmitted up to three times.

Default Value:

5 times.

References:

1. CCE-34623-9

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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