The Arista Multilayer Switch must enable neighbor router authentication for control plane protocols except RIP.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-75371r2_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-000366 CCI-002205
Updated: about 1 year ago

Configure authentication to be enabled for every protocol that affects the routing or forwarding tables.

To configure BGP authentication, in the BGP configuration mode interface, when adding neighbors, include the following statement:

neighbor [ip address] password [type] [password]
For OSPF, under the interface configuration mode, enter the following commands:

ip ospf authentication message-digest
ip ospf authentication-key [type] [key] 

To Globally Configure IS-IS Authentication, use:
router isis [instance number] authentication mode md5 [level 1 | level 2] authentication key [0|7] [key string] [level 1 | level 2]

Where level 1 and level 2 variable specify the authentication to be used for each type or ISIS router, the ISIS instance number is the routing protocol instance, the variables 0 and 7 represent an encrypted or unencrypted key string, and the key string is the text for the encryption string. Global configuration authenticates ISIS LSPs, CSNPs and PSNPs. 

Interface configuration authenticates ISIS Hello PDUs, and is configured as such:

interface [ethernet | port-channel | vlan] [X] 
isis authentication mode md5 
isis authentication key [0|7] [text]

The Arista Multilayer Switch must enable neighbor router authentication for control plane protocols except RIP.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure