Knowledge: Server Security Configuration Settings
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    Title*Server Security Configuration Settings
    ManualServer Setup
    Created18/05/2020
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    Disabling Older TLS protocols

    Command to disable vunerable encyption methods:

    Disable-TlsCipherSuite -Name 'TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA'

    Registry File Text to Disable old Clients:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols]

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.0]

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.0\Client]
    "Enabled"=dword:00000000
    "DisabledByDefault"=dword:00000001

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.0\Server]
    "Enabled"=dword:00000000
    "DisabledByDefault"=dword:00000001

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.1]

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.1\Client]
    "Enabled"=dword:00000000
    "DisabledByDefault"=dword:00000001

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.1\Server]
    "Enabled"=dword:00000000
    "DisabledByDefault"=dword:00000001

    Securing Session Cookies

    Please note the below goes in the <system.web> section of web.config.  The setting "requiressl" is obviously relevant if https site.

    <httpCookies httpOnlyCookies="true" requireSSL="true" />

    The samesite setting is not set on Sysero as default is Lax which is required.  This is auto set to none and partitioned if coming from a Office/Teams web applicaiton, as it is required for the functionality to work.

    HSTS

    <system.webServer>
      <httpProtocol>
        <customHeaders>
          <add name="Strict-Transport-Security" value="max-age=31536000"/>
        </customHeaders>
      </httpProtocol>
    </system.webServer>
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