The Juniper router must not be configured to have any feature enabled that calls home to the vendor.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Call home services will routinely send data such as configuration and diagnostic information to the vendor for routine or emergency analysis and troubleshooting. There is a risk that transmission of sensitive data sent to unauthorized persons could result in data loss or downtime due to an attack.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-254000r844033_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the network device to disable the call home service or feature.
Delete the phone-home hierarchy under [edit system].
delete system phone-home
Note: Because the command is hidden, Junos will not autocomplete and "phone-home" must be explicitly, and correctly, spelled out.