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Cisco IOS XR Router RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Cisco router must be configured to produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events.

    Without establishing the source of the event, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In order to compile an accurate risk assessmen...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000202-RTR-000001

    Group
  • The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to not be a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) peer to an alternate gateway service provider.

    ISPs use BGP to share route information with other autonomous systems (i.e. other ISPs and corporate networks). If the perimeter router was configured to BGP peer with an ISP, NIPRnet routes could ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-NET-000019-RTR-000010

    Group
  • The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to not redistribute static routes to an alternate gateway service provider into BGP or an IGP peering with the NIPRNet or to other autonomous systems.

    If the static routes to the alternate gateway are being redistributed into an Exterior Gateway Protocol or Interior Gateway Protocol to a NIPRNet gateway, this could make traffic on NIPRNet flow to...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-NET-000205-RTR-000003

    Group
  • SRG-NET-000019-RTR-000002

    Group
  • The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of information between interconnected networks in accordance with applicable policy.

    Information flow control regulates authorized information to travel within a network and between interconnected networks. Controlling the flow of network traffic is critical so it does not introduc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000364-RTR-000109

    Group
  • SRG-NET-000364-RTR-000110

    Group

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