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F5 BIG-IP TMOS Firewall Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-NET-000392-FW-000042

    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must generate an alert that can be forwarded to, at a minimum, the information system security officer (ISSO) and information system security manager (ISSM) when denial-of-service (DoS) incidents are detected.

    Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of major detection incidents that require immediate action, and this delay may result in the loss or compromise of information. The firewall gen...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-NET-000364-FW-000040

    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to inspect all inbound and outbound traffic at the application layer.

    Application inspection enables the firewall to control traffic based on different parameters that exist within the packets such as enforcing application-specific message and field length. Inspectio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000364-FW-000031

    Group
  • SRG-NET-000364-FW-000035

    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to block all outbound management traffic.

    The management network must still have its own subnet to enforce control and access boundaries provided by Layer 3 network nodes such as routers and firewalls. Management traffic between the manage...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000205-FW-000040

    Group

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