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Network Infrastructure Policy Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • NET2016

    Group
  • Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) or Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping must be implemented within the network access layer.

    The last-hop router sends the multicast packet out the interface towards the LAN containing interested receivers. The default behavior for a Layer 2 switch is to forward all multicast traffic out e...
    Rule Low Severity
  • NET2017

    Group
  • First-hop redundancy services must be configured to delay any preempt to provide enough time for the Internet Gateway Protocol (IGP) to stabilize.

    The Layer 2 connection between the nodes providing first-hop redundancy comes up quickly. If the preemption takes effect prior to the routing protocol converging, traffic is black holed. Traffic wi...
    Rule Low Severity

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