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Cisco IOS Router RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Cisco router must be configured to produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events.

    Without establishing the source of the event, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In order to compile an accurate risk assessmen...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000019-RTR-000001

    Group
  • SRG-NET-000202-RTR-000001

    Group
  • The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to deny network traffic by default and allow network traffic by exception.

    A deny-all, permit-by-exception network communications traffic policy ensures that only connections that are essential and approved are allowed. This requirement applies to both inbound and outbou...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-NET-000019-RTR-000002

    Group
  • SRG-NET-000364-RTR-000109

    Group
  • SRG-NET-000364-RTR-000110

    Group
  • The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to block inbound packets with source Bogon IP address prefixes.

    Packets with Bogon IP source addresses should never be allowed to traverse the IP core. Bogon IP networks are RFC1918 addresses or address blocks that have never been assigned by the IANA or have b...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000019-RTR-000008

    Group
  • SRG-NET-000019-RTR-000009

    Group

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