The DNS server implementation must protect nonlocal maintenance sessions by separating the maintenance session from other network sessions with the system by logically separated communications paths.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-263642	SRG-APP-000880-DNS-000290	SV-263642r982541_rule		Medium

Description

Nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic activities are conducted by individuals who communicate through either an external or internal network. Communications paths can be logically separated using encryption.

STIG	Date
Domain Name System (DNS) Security Requirements Guide	2024-07-02

Details

Check Text (C-67542r982540_chk)

Verify the DNS server implementation is configured to protect nonlocal maintenance sessions by separating the maintenance session from other network sessions with the system by logically separated communications paths.

If the DNS server implementation is not configured to protect nonlocal maintenance sessions by separating the maintenance session from other network sessions with the system by logically separated communications paths, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-67450r982087_fix)

Configure the DNS server implementation to protect nonlocal maintenance sessions by separating the maintenance session from other network sessions with the system by logically separated communications paths.