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IIST-SV-000200: Configure the Max Connections setting

The IIS 10.0 website's MaxConnections setting must be configured to limit the number of allowed simultaneous session requests.
To check compliance with IIST-SV-000200, complete the following steps:
  1. Open the IIS 10.0 Manager.
  2. Click the IIS 10.0 web server name.
  3. In the
    Management
    section, click
    Configuration Editor
    .
  4. From the
    Section:
    drop-down list at the top of the configuration editor, locate
    system.applicationHost/sites
    .
  5. Expand
    siteDefaults
    .
  6. Expand
    limits
    .
  7. Review the results and verify that the value of the
    maxconnections
    parameter is greater than zero.
If the
maxconnections
parameter value is zero, your server is not compliant.
If your server is not compliant, complete the following steps:
  1. Open the IIS 10.0 Manager.
  2. Click the IIS 10.0 web server name.
  3. In the
    Management
    section, click
    Configuration Editor
    .
  4. From the
    Section:
    drop-down list at the top of the configuration editor, locate
    system.applicationHost/sites
    .
  5. Expand
    siteDefaults
    .
  6. Expand
    limits
    .
  7. Set the
    maxconnections
    parameter to a value greater than zero.