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Virtual Private Network (VPN) Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-NET-000330

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    Group
  • The VPN Gateway must notify the user, upon successful logon (access), of the organization-defined information to be included in addition to the date and time of the last logon (access).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users need to be aware of activity that occurs regarding their account. Providing users with information deemed important by ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-NET-000333

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The VPN Gateway must provide centralized management and configuration of the content to be captured in log records generated by all network components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the log records, identification, troubleshooting, and correla...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000334

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The VPN Gateway must generate a log record or an SNMP trap that can be forwarded as an alert to, at a minimum, the SCA and ISSO, of all log failure events where the detection and/or prevention function is unable to write events to either local storage or the centralized server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000336

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    Group
  • When communications with the Central Log Server is lost, the VPN Gateway must continue to queue traffic log records locally.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the system were to continue processing after audit failure, actions can be taken on the system that cannot be tracked and ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000337

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The IPsec VPN Gateway must renegotiate the security association after 8 hours or less, or an organization-defined period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The IPsec SA and its corresponding key will expire either after the number of seconds or amount of traffic volume has exceede...
    Rule Medium Severity

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