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VMware NSX 4.x Distributed Firewall Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-NET-000074-FW-000009

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  • The NSX Distributed Firewall must generate traffic log entries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without establishing what type of event occurred, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events l...
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  • SRG-NET-000077-FW-000012

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  • The NSX Distributed Firewall must generate traffic log entries containing information to establish the source of the events, such as the source IP address at a minimum.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without establishing the source of the event, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up...
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  • SRG-NET-000078-FW-000013

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  • The NSX Distributed Firewall must generate traffic log entries containing information to establish the outcome of the events, such as, at a minimum, the success or failure of the application of the NSX Distributed Firewall rule.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without information about the outcome of events, security personnel cannot make an accurate assessment as to whether an attac...
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  • SRG-NET-000193-FW-000030

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  • The NSX Distributed Firewall must limit the effects of packet flooding types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A firewall experiencing a DoS attack will not be able to handle production traffic load. The high utilization and CPU caused ...
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  • SRG-NET-000202-FW-000039

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  • The NSX Distributed Firewall must deny network communications traffic by default and allow network communications traffic by exception.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To prevent malicious or accidental leakage of traffic, organizations must implement a deny-by-default security posture at the...
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