III - Administrative Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000426-DNS-000059
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Windows DNS secondary server must validate data origin verification authentication on the name/address resolution responses received from primary name servers.
<VulnDiscussion>If data origin authentication and data integrity verification are not performed, the resultant response could be forged, it m...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000219-DNS-000028
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Windows 2012 DNS Server must protect the authenticity of zone transfers via transaction signing.
<VulnDiscussion>Without identifying devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. This...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000219-DNS-000029
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Windows 2012 DNS Server must protect the authenticity of dynamic updates via transaction signing.
<VulnDiscussion>DNS is a fundamental network service that is prone to various attacks, such as cache poisoning and man-in-the middle attacks....Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000219-DNS-000030
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Windows 2012 DNS Server must protect the authenticity of query responses via DNSSEC.
<VulnDiscussion>The underlying feature in the major threat associated with DNS query/response (i.e., forged response or response failure) is ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000427-DNS-000060
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Windows 2012 DNS Server must only allow the use of an approved DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected transactions.
<VulnDiscussion>Untrusted Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue certificates, but they may be issued by organizations or individuals that se...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000231-DNS-000033
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Windows 2012 DNS Server must protect secret/private cryptographic keys while at rest.
<VulnDiscussion>Information at rest refers to the state of information when it is located on a secondary storage device within an organizatio...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000428-DNS-000061
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Windows 2012 DNS Server must not contain zone records that have not been validated in over a year.
<VulnDiscussion>If zone information has not been validated in over a year, then there is no assurance that it is still valid. If invalid rec...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000246-DNS-000035
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Windows 2012 DNS Server must restrict individuals from using it for launching Denial of Service (DoS) attacks against other information systems.
<VulnDiscussion>Applications and application developers must take the steps needed to ensure users cannot use an authorized application to la...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000247-DNS-000036
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Windows 2012 DNS Server must use DNS Notify to prevent denial of service through increase in workload.
<VulnDiscussion>In the case of application DoS attacks, care must be taken when designing the application to ensure the application makes the...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000439-DNS-000063
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Windows 2012 DNS Server must protect the integrity of transmitted information.
<VulnDiscussion>Without protection of the transmitted information, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised since unprotected communi...Rule Medium Severity
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