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VMware NSX 4.x Tier-0 Gateway Router Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The NSX Tier-0 Gateway router must be configured to use the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) maximum prefixes feature to protect against route table flooding and prefix de-aggregation attacks.

    The effects of prefix de-aggregation can degrade router performance due to the size of routing tables and also result in black-holing legitimate traffic. Initiated by an attacker or a misconfigured...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The NSX Tier-0 Gateway router must be configured to use encryption for border gateway protocol (BGP) routing protocol authentication.

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

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