The Windows 2012 DNS Server must use DNS Notify to prevent denial of service through increase in workload.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-215633r561297_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-001095
Updated: about 1 year ago

Log on to the DNS server using the Domain Admin or Enterprise Admin account or Local Administrator account.

Press Windows Key + R, execute dnsmgmt.msc.

On the opened DNS Manager snap-in from the left pane, expand the server name for the DNS server, and then expand Forward Lookup Zones.
From the expanded list, click to select the zone.

In the list of hosts, review the Name Server (NS) records. Determine if any of the hosts listed as NS records are non-AD-integrated servers.

If the DNS server only hosts AD-integrated zones and there are not any non-AD-integrated DNS servers acting as secondary DNS servers for the zones, this check is Not Applicable.

For a non-AD-integrated DNS server, Log on to the DNS server using the Domain Admin or Enterprise Admin account or Local Administrator account.

On the opened DNS Manager snap-in from the left pane, expand the server name and then expand Forward Lookup Zones.

From the expanded list, click to select and then right-click the zone name.

From the displayed context menu, click the “Properties” option.

On the opened zone's properties box, go to the “Zone Transfers” tab.

On the displayed interface, verify if the "Allow zone transfers" check box is selected.

If the "Allow zone transfers" check box is selected, click on the “Notify” button and enable Notify to the non-AD-integrated DNS servers.

The Windows 2012 DNS Server must use DNS Notify to prevent denial of service through increase in workload.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure