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Virtual Private Network (VPN) Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The IPsec VPN Gateway must use Internet Key Exchange (IKE) for IPsec VPN Security Associations (SAs).

    <VulnDiscussion>Without IKE, the SPI is manually specified for each security association. IKE peers will negotiate the encryption algorithm a...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-NET-000512

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    Group
  • The VPN Gateway must not accept certificates that have been revoked when using PKI for authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Situations may arise in which the certificate issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) may need to be revoked before the lifeti...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-NET-000518

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    Group
  • The VPN Client logout function must be configured to terminate the session on/with the VPN Gateway.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a user cannot explicitly end a session, the session may remain open and be exploited by an attacker; this is referred to a...
    Rule Medium Severity

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