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Cisco NX OS Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to have Proxy ARP disabled on all external interfaces.

    When Proxy ARP is enabled on a switch, it allows that switch to extend the network (at Layer 2) across multiple interfaces (LAN segments). Because proxy ARP allows hosts from different LAN segments...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Cisco switch must be configured to only permit management traffic that ingresses and egresses the out-of-band management (OOBM) interface.

    The OOBM access switch will connect to the management interface of the managed network elements. The management interface can be a true OOBM interface or a standard interface functioning as the man...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Cisco BGP switch must be configured to check whether a single-hop eBGP peer is directly connected.

    As described in RFC 3682, GTSM is designed to protect a switch's IP-based control plane from DoS attacks. Many attacks focused on CPU load and line-card overload can be prevented by implementing GT...
    Rule Low Severity
  • The Cisco BGP switch must be configured to use a unique key for each autonomous system (AS) that it peers with.

    If the same keys are used between eBGP neighbors, the chance of a hacker compromising any of the BGP sessions increases. It is possible that a malicious user exists in one autonomous system who wou...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Cisco BGP switch must be configured to reject route advertisements from BGP peers that do not list their autonomous system (AS) number as the first AS in the AS_PATH attribute.

    Verifying the path a route has traversed will ensure the IP core is not used as a transit network for unauthorized or possibly even internet traffic. All autonomous system boundary switches (ASBRs)...
    Rule Low Severity

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