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Infoblox 7.x DNS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Infoblox system must be configured to employ strong authenticators in the establishment of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions.

    If maintenance tools are used by unauthorized personnel, they may accidentally or intentionally damage or compromise the system. The act of managing systems and applications includes the ability to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • A DNS server implementation must provide the means to indicate the security status of child zones.

    If name server replies are invalid or cannot be validated, many networking functions and communication would be adversely affected. With DNS, the presence of Delegation Signer (DS) records associat...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Infoblox system implementation must enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of information between DNS servers and between DNS servers and DNS clients based on DNSSEC policies.

    A mechanism to detect and prevent unauthorized communication flow must be configured or provided as part of the system design. If information flow is not enforced based on approved authorizations, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Infoblox DNS servers must protect the authenticity of communications sessions for zone transfers.

    DNS is a fundamental network service that is prone to various attacks, such as cache poisoning and man-in-the middle attacks. If communication sessions are not provided appropriate validity prote...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • In the event of a system failure, The Infoblox system must preserve any information necessary to determine cause of failure and any information necessary to return to operations with least disruption to mission processes.

    Failure to a known state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission/business needs of the organization. Failure to a known secure state helps prevent a loss of confidentiality, i...
    Rule Medium Severity

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