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III - Administrative Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-NET-000205

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    Group
  • The PE router must be configured to ignore or block all packets with any IP options.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Packets with IP options are not fast switched and therefore must be punted to the router processor. Hackers who initiate deni...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000230

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    Group
  • The router must be configured to implement message authentication for all control plane protocols.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A rogue router could send a fictitious routing update to convince a site's perimeter router to send traffic to an incorrect o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000230

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    Group
  • The BGP router must be configured to use a unique key for each autonomous system (AS) that it peers with.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the same keys are used between eBGP neighbors, the chance of a hacker compromising any of the BGP sessions increases. It i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000230

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    Group
  • The router must be configured to use keys with a duration not exceeding 180 days for authenticating routing protocol messages.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the keys used for routing protocol authentication are guessed, the malicious user could create havoc within the network by...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000362

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    Group
  • The BGP router must be configured to enable the Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;GTSM is designed to protect a router's IP-based control plane from DoS attacks. Many attacks focused on CPU load and line-car...
    Rule Low Severity

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