III - Administrative Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-NET-000131-L2S-000014
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The HP FlexFabric Switch must be configured to disable non-essential capabilities.
A compromised switch introduces risk to the entire network infrastructure as well as data resources that are accessible via the network. The perimeter defense has no oversight or control of attacks...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000343-L2S-000016
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HP FlexFabric Switch must authenticate all network-connected endpoint devices before establishing any connection.
Controlling LAN access via 802.1x authentication or MAC authentication can assist in preventing a malicious user from connecting an unauthorized PC to a switch port to inject or receive data from t...Rule High Severity -
SRG-NET-000193-L2S-000020
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The HP FlexFabric Switch must manage excess bandwidth to limit the effects of packet flooding types of denial of service (DoS) attacks.
Denial of service is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. Packet flooding DDoS attacks are referred to as volumetric attacks and have the objective of overloading a ne...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000331-L2S-000001
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The HP FlexFabric Switch must provide the capability for authorized users to select a user session to capture.
Without the capability to select a user session to capture/record or view/hear, investigations into suspicious or harmful events would be hampered by the volume of information captured. The volume ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000332-L2S-000002
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The HP FlexFabric Switch must provide the capability for authorized users to remotely view, in real time, all content related to an established user session from a component separate from the HP FlexFabric Switch.
Without the capability to remotely view/hear all content related to a user session, investigations into suspicious user activity would be hampered. Real-time monitoring allows authorized personnel ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000362-L2S-000021
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The HP FlexFabric Switch must have Root Guard enabled on all ports where the root bridge should not appear.
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) does not provide any means for the network administrator to securely enforce the topology of the switched network. Any switch can be the root bridge in a network. Howev...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000362-L2S-000022
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The HP FlexFabric Switch must have BPDU Guard enabled on all user-facing access ports.
If a rogue switch is introduced into the topology and transmits a Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) with a lower bridge priority than the existing root bridge, it will become the new root bridge and...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000362-L2S-000023
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The HP FlexFabric Switch must have STP Loop Protection enabled all non-designated STP switch ports.
The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) loop Protection feature provides additional protection against STP loops. An STP loop is created when an STP blocking port in a redundant topology erroneously trans...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000362-L2S-000024
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The HP FlexFabric Switch must have unknown storm-constrain enabled.
Access layer switches use the Content Addressable Memory (CAM) table to direct traffic to specific ports based on the VLAN number and the destination MAC address of the frame. When a router has an ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000362-L2S-000025
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The HP FlexFabric Switch must have DHCP snooping for all user VLANs to validate DHCP messages from untrusted sources as well as rate-limit DHCP traffic.
In an enterprise network, devices under administrative control are trusted sources. These devices include the switches, routers, and servers in the network. Host ports and unknown Dynamic Host Conf...Rule Medium Severity
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