II - Mission Support Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-NET-000512
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The layer 2 switch must have IGMP or MLD Snooping configured on all VLANs
IGMP and MLD snooping provides a way to constrain multicast traffic at Layer 2. By monitoring the IGMP or MLD membership reports sent by hosts within a VLAN, the snooping application can set up Lay...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-NET-000512
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The layer 2 switch must implement Rapid STP where VLANs span multiple switches with redundant links.
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is implemented on bridges and switches to prevent layer 2 loops when a broadcast domain spans multiple bridges and switches and when redundant links are provisioned to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000512
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The layer 2 switch must enable Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD) to protect against one-way connections.
In topologies where fiber optic interconnections are used, physical misconnections can occur that allow a link to appear to be up when there is a mismatched set of transmit/receive pairs. When such...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000512
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The layer 2 switch must have all trunk links enabled statically.
When trunk negotiation is enabled via Dynamic Trunk Protocol (DTP), considerable time can be spent negotiating trunk settings (802.1q or ISL) when a node or interface is restored. While this negoti...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000512
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The layer 2 switch must have all disabled switch ports assigned to an unused VLAN.
It is possible that a disabled port that is assigned to a user or management VLAN becomes enabled by accident or by an attacker and as a result gains access to that VLAN as a member.Rule Medium Severity
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