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VMware NSX 4.x Tier-0 Gateway Router Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-NET-000362-RTR-000114

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  • The NSX Tier-0 Gateway router must be configured to use the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) maximum prefixes feature to protect against route table flooding and prefix de-aggregation attacks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The effects of prefix de-aggregation can degrade router performance due to the size of routing tables and also result in blac...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000512-RTR-000001

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  • The NSX Tier-0 Gateway router must be configured to use its loopback address as the source address for Internal Border Gateway Protocol (IBGP) peering sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using a loopback address as the source address offers a multitude of uses for security, access, management, and scalability o...
    Rule Info Severity
  • SRG-NET-000512-RTR-000012

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