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Cisco NX OS Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Cisco switch must not be configured to have any feature enabled that calls home to the vendor.

    <VulnDiscussion>Call home services will routinely send data such as configuration and diagnostic information to the vendor for routine or eme...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-NET-000362-RTR-000110

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • SRG-NET-000230-RTR-000001

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The Cisco switch must be configured to use keys with a duration not exceeding 180 days for authenticating routing protocol messages.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the keys used for routing protocol authentication are guessed, the malicious user could create havoc within the network by...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-NET-000168-RTR-000077

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
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  • The Cisco switch must be configured to use encryption for routing protocol authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A rogue switch could send a fictitious routing update to convince a site's perimeter switch to send traffic to an incorrect o...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-NET-000168-RTR-000078

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The Cisco switch must be configured to authenticate all routing protocol messages using NIST-validated FIPS 198-1 message authentication code algorithm.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A rogue switch could send a fictitious routing update to convince a site's perimeter switch to send traffic to an incorrect o...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-NET-000019-RTR-000007

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The Cisco switch must be configured to have all inactive layer 3 interfaces disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An inactive interface is rarely monitored or controlled and may expose a network to an undetected attack on that interface. U...
    Rule Low Severity
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