SDN Controller Security Requirements Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-NET-000362
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The SDN controller must be configured to protect against or limit the effects of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by rate-limiting control-plane communications.
<VulnDiscussion>The SDN Controller is critical to all network operations because it is the component used to build all forwarding paths for t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000364
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The SDN controller must be configured to only allow incoming communications from organization-defined authorized sources routed to organization-defined authorized destinations.
<VulnDiscussion>Unrestricted traffic may contain malicious traffic which poses a threat to an enclave or data center. Additionally, unrestric...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000512
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The SDN controller must be configured to authenticate southbound Application Program Interface (API) control-plane messages received from SDN-enabled network elements using a FIPS-approved message authentication code algorithm.
<VulnDiscussion>Southbound APIs such as OpenFlow provide the forwarding tables to network devices, such as switches and routers, both physica...Rule High Severity -
SRG-NET-000512
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The SDN controller must be configured to authenticate northbound Application Program Interface (API) messages received from business applications and management systems using a FIPS-approved message authentication code algorithm.
<VulnDiscussion>The SDN controller determines how traffic should flow through physical and virtual network devices based on application profi...Rule High Severity -
SRG-NET-000512
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SDN controller must be configured to encrypt all southbound Application Program Interface (API) control-plane messages using a FIPS-validated cryptographic module.
<VulnDiscussion>Southbound APIs such as OpenFlow provide the forwarding tables to network devices, such as switches and routers, both physica...Rule High Severity
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