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BIND 9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000087

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  • On a BIND 9.x server all authoritative name servers for a zone must be located on different network segments.

    Most enterprises have an authoritative primary server and a host of authoritative secondary name servers. It is essential that these authoritative name servers for an enterprise be located on diffe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000088

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000102

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000102

    Group
  • On a BIND 9.x server all root name servers listed in the local root zone file hosted on a BIND 9.x authoritative name server must be empty or removed.

    A potential vulnerability of DNS is that an attacker can poison a name servers cache by sending queries that will cause the server to obtain host-to-IP address mappings from bogus name servers that...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000113

    Group
  • On the BIND 9.x server a zone file must not include resource records that resolve to a fully qualified domain name residing in another zone.

    If a name server were able to claim authority for a resource record in a domain for which it was not authoritative, this would pose a security risk. In this environment, an adversary could use illi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000114

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000500

    Group

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