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V-206377

Web Server Security Requirements Guide

CAT II

Title

The web server must provide install options to exclude the installation of documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials.

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Web server documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials may be an exploitable threat to a web server because this type of code has not been evaluated and approved. A production web server must only contain components that are operationally necessary (e.g., compiled code, scripts, web-content, etc.). Any documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials must be removed from a production web server. To make certain that the documentation and code ...

Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)

Use the web server uninstall facility or manually remove any documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials.

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