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Virtual Private Network (VPN) Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-NET-000510

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  • The IPsec VPN Gateway IKE must use NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to implement encryption services for unclassified VPN traffic.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The VPN gatewa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000512

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  • The 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
  • SRG-NET-000518

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