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The Juniper router must be configured to have Gratuitous ARP disabled on all external interfaces.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

A gratuitous ARP is an ARP broadcast in which the source and destination MAC addresses are the same. It is used to inform the network about a host IP address. A spoofed gratuitous ARP message can cause network mapping information to be stored incorrectly, causing network malfunction.

ID
SV-217021r855889_rule
Version
JUNI-RT-000150
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Disable gratuitous ARP on all external interfaces using the following command.

[edit interfaces  ge-1/1/0 ]
delete gratuitous-arp-reply