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F5 BIG-IP TMOS VPN Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-NET-000019-VPN-000040

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance IPsec VPN must ensure inbound and outbound traffic is configured with a security policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unrestricted traffic may contain malicious traffic which poses a threat to an enclave or to other connected networks. Additio...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-NET-000512-VPN-002220

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance IPsec VPN Gateway must use Internet Key Exchange (IKE) for IPsec VPN Security Associations (SAs).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without IKE, the SPI is manually specified for each security association. IKE peers will negotiate the encryption algorithm a...
    Rule High Severity
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance IPsec VPN Gateway must renegotiate the IPsec Phase 1 security association after eight hours or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The IPsec security association (SA) and its corresponding key will expire either after the number of seconds or amount of tra...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000337-VPN-001300

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  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance IPsec VPN must renegotiate the IKE Phase 2 security association after eight hours or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When a VPN gateway creates an IPsec Security Association (SA), resources must be allocated to maintain the SA. These resource...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000400-VPN-001940

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  • For accounts using password authentication, the F5 BIG-IP appliance site-to-site IPsec VPN Gateway must use SHA-2 or later protocol to protect the integrity of the password authentication process.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-NET-000565-VPN-002400

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