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Cisco NX OS Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-NET-000512-RTR-000013

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  • SRG-NET-000512-RTR-000014

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  • The Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to suppress Router Advertisements on all external IPv6-enabled interfaces.

    Many of the known attacks in stateless autoconfiguration are defined in RFC 3756 were present in IPv4 ARP attacks. To mitigate these vulnerabilities, links that have no hosts connected such as the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Cisco switch must be configured to implement message authentication for all control plane protocols.

    A rogue switch could send a fictitious routing update to convince a site's perimeter switch to send traffic to an incorrect or even a rogue destination. This diverted traffic could be analyzed to l...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Cisco switch must be configured to use encryption for routing protocol authentication.

    A rogue switch could send a fictitious routing update to convince a site's perimeter switch to send traffic to an incorrect or even a rogue destination. This diverted traffic could be analyzed to l...
    Rule Medium Severity

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