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Firewall Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The firewall must apply ingress filters to traffic that is inbound to the network through any active external interface.

    <VulnDiscussion>Unrestricted traffic to the trusted networks may contain malicious traffic that poses a threat to an enclave or to other conn...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000364

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • In the event of a system failure of the firewall function, the firewall must be configured to save diagnostic information, log system messages, and load the most current security policies, rules, and signatures when restarted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to a secure state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission needs of the organization. Failure to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000333

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The firewall must be configured to send traffic log entries to a central audit server for management and configuration of the traffic log entries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the traffic log entries, identification, troubleshooting, and...
    Rule Medium Severity

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