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I - Mission Critical Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • NET-SDN-002

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  • Northbound API traffic received by the SDN controller must be authenticated using a FIPS-approved message authentication code algorithm.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The SDN controller determines how traffic should flow through physical and virtual network devices based on application profi...
    Rule High Severity
  • NET-SDN-003

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  • Access to the SDN management and orchestration systems must be authenticated using a FIPS-approved message authentication code algorithm.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The SDN controller receives network service requests from orchestration and management systems to deploy and configure networ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • NET-SDN-004

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  • Southbound API control plane traffic must traverse an out-of-band path or be encrypted using a FIPS-validated cryptographic module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Southbound APIs such as OpenFlow provide the forwarding tables to network devices such as switches and routers, both physical...
    Rule High Severity
  • NET-SDN-005

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    Group
  • Northbound API traffic must traverse an out-of-band path or be encrypted using a FIPS-validated cryptographic module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The SDN controller receives network service requests from orchestration and management systems to deploy and configure networ...
    Rule High Severity
  • NET-SDN-006

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  • Southbound API management plane traffic for provisioning and configuring virtual network elements within the SDN infrastructure must be authenticated using a FIPS-approved message authentication code algorithm.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Management and orchestration systems within the SDN framework instantiate, deploy, and configure virtual network elements. Th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • NET-SDN-007

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  • Southbound API management plane traffic for provisioning and configuring virtual network elements within the SDN infrastructure must traverse an out-of-band path or be encrypted using a using a FIPS-validated cryptographic module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Management and orchestration systems within the SDN framework instantiate, deploy, and configure network elements within the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • NET-SDN-008

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  • Southbound API management plane traffic for configuring SDN parameters on physical network elements must be authenticated using DOD PKI certificate-based authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Physical SDN-enabled switches are dependent on the SDN controller for their forwarding tables as well as their configuration ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • NET-SDN-009

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    Group
  • Southbound API management plane traffic for configuring SDN parameters on physical network elements must be encrypted using a FIPS-validated cryptographic module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Physical SDN-enabled switches are dependent on the SDN controller for their forwarding tables, as well as their configuration...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • NET-SDN-010

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  • Physical SDN controllers and servers hosting SDN applications must reside within the management network with multiple paths that are secured by a firewall to inspect all ingress traffic.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Management and orchestration systems deploy and configure network devices such as switches and routers, both physical and vir...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • NET-SDN-011

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  • SDN-enabled routers and switches must provide link state information to the SDN controller to create new forwarding decisions for the network elements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Southbound APIs such as OpenFlow provide the forwarding tables to network devices such as switches and routers. SDN controlle...
    Rule Low Severity

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