HP FlexFabric Switch must authenticate all endpoint devices before establishing a network connection using bidirectional authentication that is cryptographically based.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-66053	HFFS-L2-000003	SV-80543r1_rule		Medium

Description
Controlling LAN access via 802.1x authentication can assist in preventing a malicious user from connecting an unauthorized PC to a switch port to inject or receive data from the network without detection.

STIG	Date
HP FlexFabric Switch L2S Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-12-21

Details

Check Text ( C-66697r1_chk )
Verify all access switch ports connecting to LAN outlets are configured for 802.1x or MAC authentication as shown in this configuration example. 802.1x example: interface Ten-GigabitEthernet1/0/4 port link-mode bridge port access vlan 200 dot1x If all access switch ports connecting to LAN outlets are not configured for 802.1x, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-72129r1_fix)

Configure 802.1 x authentications on all host-facing access switch ports. To authenticate those devices that do not support 802.1x, MAC Authentication Bypass must be configured. [HP] dot1x [HP] dot1x authentication-method eap [HP] domain radius jitc [HP] radius scheme jitc [HP-radius-jitc]radius scheme jitc [HP-radius-jitc]primary authentication 15.252.76.124 [HP-radius-jitc]primary accounting 15.252.76.124 [HP-radius-jitc]accounting-on enable [HP-radius-jitc]key authentication simple test123 [HP-radius-jitc]user-name-format without-domain [HP-radius-jitc]nas-ip 15.252.78.99 [HP]domain jitc [HP-isp-jitc]domain jitc [HP-isp-jitc]authentication lan-access radius-scheme jitc [HP-isp-jitc]authorization lan-access radius-scheme jitc [HP] interface gigbitethernet 1/0/1 [HP-Gigabitethernet1/0/1] undo dot1x handshake [HP-Ten-GigabitEthernet1/0/7]dot1x mandatory-domain jitc [HP-Ten-GigabitEthernet1/0/7]undo dot1x multicast-trigger [HP-Ten-GigabitEthernet1/0/7]dot1x re-authenticate