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The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to not redistribute static routes to an approved gateway service provider into BGP, an IGP peering with the NIPRNet, or other autonomous systems.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

If the static routes to the approved gateway are being redistributed into an Exterior Gateway Protocol or Interior Gateway Protocol to a NIPRNet gateway, this could make traffic on NIPRNet flow to that particular router and not to the internet access point routers. This could not only wreak havoc with traffic flows on NIPRNet but could overwhelm the connection from the router to the NIPRNet gateway(s) and cause traffic destined for outside of NIPRNet to bypass the defenses of the internet access points.

ID
SV-216578r1050878_rule
Version
CISC-RT-000300
Severity
Low
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

This requirement is not applicable for the DODIN backbone.

Configure the router so that static routes are not redistributed to an approved gateway into either a BGP or any IGP peering with the NIPRNet or to any other autonomous systems. This can be done by excluding that route in the route-map as shown in the example below.

Step 1: Configure a prefix list for any static routes with the approved gateway as the next-hop address.