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Infoblox 8.x DNS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000092

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • In a split DNS configuration, where separate name servers are used between the external and internal networks, the external name server must be configured to not be reachable from inside resolvers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Instead of having the same set of authoritative name servers serve different types of clients, an enterprise could have two d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000093

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • In a split DNS configuration, where separate name servers are used between the external and internal networks, the internal name server must be configured to not be reachable from outside resolvers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Instead of having the same set of authoritative name servers serve different types of clients, an enterprise could have two d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000095

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • CNAME records must not point to a zone with lesser security for more than six months.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The use of CNAME records for exercises, tests, or zone-spanning aliases should be temporary (e.g., to facilitate a migration)...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000500

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Primary authoritative name servers must be configured to only receive zone transfer requests from specified secondary name servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Authoritative name servers (especially primary name servers) should be configured with an allow-transfer access control sub-s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000099

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Infoblox system must use a security policy that limits the propagation of access rights.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the premise that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have d...
    Rule Medium Severity

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