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Microsoft Windows Server Domain Name System (DNS) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Windows DNS Server must enforce approved authorizations between DNS servers using digital signatures in the Resource Record Set (RRSet).

    <VulnDiscussion>A mechanism to detect and prevent unauthorized communication flow must be configured or provided as part of the system design...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000215-DNS-000003

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Name Resolution Policy Table (NRPT) must be configured in Group Policy to enforce clients to request DNSSEC validation for a domain.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The NRPT is used to require DNSSEC validation. The NRPT can be configured in local Group Policy for a single computer or doma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000215-DNS-000026

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Windows DNS Server must be configured to validate an authentication chain of parent and child domains via response data.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If name server replies are invalid or cannot be validated, many networking functions and communication would be adversely aff...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000215-DNS-000026

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Trust anchors must be exported from authoritative Windows DNS Servers and distributed to validating Windows DNS Servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If name server replies are invalid or cannot be validated, many networking functions and communication would be adversely aff...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Automatic Update of Trust Anchors must be enabled on key rollover.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A trust anchor is a preconfigured public key associated with a specific zone. A validating DNS server must be configured with...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000423-DNS-000056

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Windows DNS secondary servers must request data origin authentication verification from the primary server when requesting name/address resolution.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If data origin authentication and data integrity verification are not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it m...
    Rule Medium Severity

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