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Domain Name System (DNS) Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000516

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The IP address for hidden master authoritative name servers must not appear in the name servers set in the zone database.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A hidden master authoritative server is an authoritative DNS server whose IP address does not appear in the name server set f...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000700

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The DNS server implementation must disable accounts when the accounts have expired.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Disabling expired, inactive, or otherwise anomalous accounts supports the concepts of least privilege and least functionality...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000705

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The DNS implementation must enforce a Discretionary Access Control (DAC) policy that limits propagation of access rights.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the premise that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The DNS implementation must implement internal/external role separation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DNS servers with an internal role only process name/address resolution requests from within the organization (i.e., internal ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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