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V-259577CAT II — Medium severitySV-259577r960759_rule

SchUseStrongCrypto must be enabled.

Rule version EX19-ED-000006 · STIG v2 · 2024-12-06

Discussion

Exchange Server 2019 is configured by default with TLS 1.2. However, SchUseStrongCrypto is not set by default and must be configured to meet the TLS requirement. The strong cryptography (configured by the SchUseStrongCrypto registry value) uses more secure network protocols (TLS 1.2, TLS 1.1, and TLS 1.0) and blocks protocols that are not secure. SchUseStrongCrypto affects only client (outgoing) connections in the application.

Check

In a PowerShell window, run the following commands:

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetFramework\v4.0.30319

If the value "SchUseStrongCrypto" is not present and set to 1, this is a finding.

Fix

In a PowerShell window with elevated privileges, run the following commands:

reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetFramework\v4.0.30319 /v "SchUseStrongCrypto" /t REG_DWORD /d 1

reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\WoW6432Node\Microsoft\.NetFramework\v4.0.30319 /v "SchUseStrongCrypto" /t REG_DWORD /d 1

This will create the value within the necessary key and set the data to 1.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-259577
Group title
SRG-APP-000014
Rule ID
SV-259577r960759_rule
Check ID
C-63316r942043_chk
Fix ID
F-63224r942044_fix