V-254874
Tanium 7.x Application on TanOS Security Technical Implementation Guide
Title
The Tanium max_soap_sessions_total setting must be explicitly enabled to limit the number of simultaneous sessions.
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Application management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions that utilize an application. Limiting the number of allowed users and sessions per user is helpful in limiting risks related to DoS attacks. This requirement may be met via the application or by utilizing information system, session control provided by a web server with specialized session management capabilities. If it has been specified that this requirement will be handled by the app...
Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)
1. Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to the Tanium Application, access the Tanium Application web user interface (UI) and log on with multifactor authentication. 2. Click "Administration" on the top navigation banner. 3. Under "Configuration", select "Settings". 4. Click the "Advanced Settings" tab. 5. Click "Create Setting". 6. Select "Server" for "Setting Type". 7. In the "Create Platform Setting" dialog box, enter "max_soap_sessions_total" for "Name". 8. Select the "Numeric" radio button from "Value Type". 9. Use this formula for determining "Setting Value" {(Number of Users) * 1024 = max_soap_sessions_total} 10. Click "Save". 11. Add this setting to the system documentation for validation.