The Cisco switch must be configured to implement message authentication for all control plane protocols.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-221072r856658_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-000366 CCI-002205
Updated: 8 months ago

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

The example configuration commands below enable OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, and BGP authentication.

BGP Example
SW1(config)# switch bgp nn
SW1(config-router)# neighbor 10.1.12.2
SW1(config-router-neighbor)# password xxxxxxxx
SW1(config-router-neighbor)# end

EIGRP Example

Step 1: Configure the key chain. 

SW1(config)# key chain EIGRP_KEY 
SW1(config-keychain)# key 1 
SW1(config-keychain-key)# key-string xxxxxx
SW1(config-keychain-key)# exit
SW1(config-keychain)# exit

Step 2: Apply the key chain to the EIGRP process or each neighbor.

Authentication for the EIGRP process

SW1(config)# router eigrp 1
SW1(config-router)# authentication mode md5
SW1(config-router)# authentication key-chain XXXXXX
SW1(config-router)# end

or

Authentication for the EIGRP neighbor

SW1(config)# int e2/21
SW1(config-if)# ip authentication mode eigrp 1 md5 
SW1(config-if)# ip authentication key-chain eigrp 1 xxxxx
SW1(config-if)# end

Note: Interface authentication overrides process authentication.

IS-IS Example

Step 1: Configure the key chain.

SW1(config)# key chain ISIS_KEY 
SW1(config-keychain)# key 1 
SW1(config-keychain-key)# key-string xxxxxx
SW1(config-keychain-key)# exit
SW1(config-keychain)# exit

Step 2: Apply the key chain to each ISIS neighbor.

SW1(config)# int e2/20
SW1(config-if)# isis authentication-type md5 level-1
SW1(config-if)# isis authentication key-chain xxxxx level-1 

OSPF Example

Step 1: Configure the key chain. 

SW1(config)# key chain OSPF_KEY 
SW1(config-keychain)# key 1 
SW1(config-keychain-key)# key-string xxxxxx
SW1(config-keychain-key)# exit
SW1(config-keychain)# exit

Step 2: Apply the key chain to each OSPF neighbor.

SW1(config)# int e2/2
SW1(config-if)# ip ospf authentication
SW1(config-if)# ip ospf authentication key-chain OSPF_KEY

RIP Example

Step 1: Configure the key chain. 

SW1(config)# key chain RIP_KEY 
SW1(config-keychain)# key 1 
SW1(config-keychain-key)# key-string xxxxxx
SW1(config-keychain-key)# exit
SW1(config-keychain)# exit

Step 2: Apply the key chain to each RIP neighbor.

SW1(config)# int e2/8
SW1(config-if)# ip rip authentication mode md5 
SW1(config-if)# ip rip authentication key-chain RIP_KEY

The Cisco switch must be configured to implement message authentication for all control plane protocols.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure