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  • SRG-NET-000343

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  • The PE router providing MPLS Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) services must be configured to authenticate targeted Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) sessions used to exchange virtual circuit (VC) information using a FIPS-approved message authentication code algorithm.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;LDP provides the signaling required for setting up and tearing down pseudowires (virtual circuits used to transport Layer 2 f...
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  • SRG-NET-000343

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  • The Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) router must be configured to authenticate all received MSDP packets.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;MSDP peering with customer network routers presents additional risks to the core, whether from a rogue or misconfigured MSDP-...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The router must not be configured to have any zero-touch deployment feature enabled when connected to an operational network.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Network devices that are configured via a zero-touch deployment or auto-loading feature can have their startup configuration ...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The router must be configured to protect against or limit the effects of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by employing control plane protection.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Route Processor (RP) is critical to all network operations because it is the component used to build all forwarding paths...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The router must be configured to have Gratuitous ARP disabled on all external interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A gratuitous ARP is an ARP broadcast in which the source and destination MAC addresses are the same. It is used to inform the...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The router must be configured to have IP directed broadcast disabled on all interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An IP directed broadcast is a datagram sent to the broadcast address of a subnet that is not directly attached to the sending...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The router must be configured to have Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) unreachable notifications disabled on all external interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ICMP supports IP traffic by relaying information about paths, routes, and network conditions. Routers automatically send ...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The router must be configured to have Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) mask replies disabled on all external interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ICMP supports IP traffic by relaying information about paths, routes, and network conditions. Routers automatically send ...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The router must be configured to have Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirects disabled on all external interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ICMP supports IP traffic by relaying information about paths, routes, and network conditions. Routers automatically send ...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The BGP router must be configured to use the maximum prefixes feature to protect against route table flooding and prefix de-aggregation attacks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The effects of prefix de-aggregation can degrade router performance due to the size of routing tables and also result in blac...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The BGP router must be configured to limit the prefix size on any inbound route advertisement to /24 or the least significant prefixes issued to the customer.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The effects of prefix de-aggregation can degrade router performance due to the size of routing tables and also result in blac...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The PE router must be configured to implement Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) or Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping for each Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) bridge domain.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;IGMP snooping provides a way to constrain multicast traffic at Layer 2. By monitoring the IGMP membership reports sent by hos...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The multicast Rendezvous Point (RP) router must be configured to limit the multicast forwarding cache so that its resources are not saturated by managing an overwhelming number of Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) and Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) source-active entries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;MSDP peering between networks enables sharing of multicast source information. Enclaves with an existing multicast topology u...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The multicast Rendezvous Point (RP) must be configured to rate limit the number of Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Register messages.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When a new source starts transmitting in a PIM Sparse Mode network, the DR will encapsulate the multicast packets into regist...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The multicast Designated Router (DR) must be configured to limit the number of mroute states resulting from Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Host Membership Reports.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The current multicast paradigm can let any host join any multicast group at any time by sending an IGMP or MLD membership rep...
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  • SRG-NET-000362

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  • The multicast Designated Router (DR) must be configured to increase the shortest-path tree (SPT) threshold or set it to infinity to minimalize source-group (S, G) state within the multicast topology where Any Source Multicast (ASM) is deployed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;ASM can have many sources for the same groups (many-to-many). For many receivers, the path via the RP may not be ideal compar...
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  • SRG-NET-000364

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  • The perimeter router must be configured to only allow incoming communications from authorized sources to be routed to authorized destinations.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unrestricted traffic may contain malicious traffic that poses a threat to an enclave or to other connected networks. Addition...
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  • SRG-NET-000364

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  • The perimeter router must be configured to block inbound packets with source Bogon IP address prefixes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Bogons include IP packets on the public Internet that contain addresses that are not in any range allocated or delegated by t...
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  • SRG-NET-000364

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  • The perimeter router must be configured to have Link Layer Discovery Protocols (LLDPs) disabled on all external interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;LLDPs are primarily used to obtain protocol addresses of neighboring devices and discover platform capabilities of those devi...
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  • SRG-NET-000364

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  • The perimeter router must be configured to have Proxy ARP disabled on all external interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When Proxy ARP is enabled on a Cisco router, it allows that router to extend the network (at Layer 2) across multiple interfa...
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  • SRG-NET-000364

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  • The perimeter router must be configured to block all outbound management traffic.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For in-band management, the management network must have its own subnet in order to enforce control and access boundaries pro...
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  • SRG-NET-000364

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  • The multicast Designated Router (DR) must be configured to filter the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Report messages to allow hosts to join only multicast groups that have been approved by the organization.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Real-time multicast traffic can entail multiple large flows of data. Large unicast flows tend to be fairly isolated (i.e., so...
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  • SRG-NET-000364

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  • The multicast Designated Router (DR) must be configured to filter the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Report messages to allow hosts to join a multicast group only from sources that have been approved by the organization.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Real-time multicast traffic can entail multiple large flows of data. Large unicast flows tend to be fairly isolated (i.e., so...
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  • SRG-NET-000364

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  • The Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) router must be configured to only accept MSDP packets from known MSDP peers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;MSDP peering with customer network routers presents additional risks to the DISN Core, whether from a rogue or misconfigured ...
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  • SRG-NET-000365

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  • The router must be configured to fail securely in the event of an operational failure.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the router fails in an unsecure manner (open), unauthorized traffic originating externally to the enclave may enter or the...
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