V-206405
Web Server Security Requirements Guide
Title
The web server must be built to fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Determining a safe state for failure and weighing that against a potential DoS for users depends on what type of application the web server is hosting. For an application presenting publicly available information that is not critical, a safe state for failure might be to shut down for any type of failure; but for an application that presents critical and timely information, a shutdown might not be the best state for all failures. Performing a proper risk analysis of the hosted ...
Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)
Configure the web server to fail to the states of operation during system initialization, shutdown, or abort failures found in the risk analysis.