The Juniper EX switch must be configured to offload audit records onto a different system or media than the system being audited.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Offloading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity. Archiving is not required unless space is limited in the audit server.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-253937r961860_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Archiving is not required unless space is limited in the audit server. Configure the network device to offload audit records onto a different system or media than the system being audited.
set file <file name> any info
set system syslog file <file name> any info
set system syslog file <file name> archive size <65536..1073741824 bytes>
set system syslog file <file name> archive files <1..1000>