The DNS system must log non-local maintenance and diagnostic sessions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-34124	SRG-NET-000173-DNS-000109	SV-44577r1_rule		Medium

Description
Auditing and logging are key components of any security architecture. It is essential for security personnel to know what is being done, what attempted to be done, where it was done, when it was done, and by whom in order to compile an accurate risk assessment. Logging the actions of specific events provides a means to investigate an attack, recognize resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or to simply identify an improperly configured network element. For sound configuration management, it is imperative events associated with a non-local administrative access or diagnostic session be logged. All maintenance sessions to a DNS system should be logged regardless of whether the session is local or non-local.

Description

Auditing and logging are key components of any security architecture. It is essential for security personnel to know what is being done, what attempted to be done, where it was done, when it was done, and by whom in order to compile an accurate risk assessment. Logging the actions of specific events provides a means to investigate an attack, recognize resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or to simply identify an improperly configured network element. For sound configuration management, it is imperative events associated with a non-local administrative access or diagnostic session be logged. All maintenance sessions to a DNS system should be logged regardless of whether the session is local or non-local.

STIG	Date
Domain Name System (DNS) Security Requirements Guide	2012-10-24

Details

Check Text ( C-42084r1_chk )
Review the DNS vendor documentation and system configuration to determine if logging of non-local maintenance and diagnostic sessions is occurring. If the non-local maintenance and diagnostic sessions are not being logged, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38034r1_fix)
Configure the DNS system to log all non-local maintenance and diagnostic sessions.