The Juniper SRX Services Gateway must be configured to use an authentication server to centrally apply authentication and logon settings for remote and nonlocal access for device management.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-229024	JUSX-DM-000096	SV-229024r961863_rule		Medium

Description
Centralized application (e.g., TACACS+, RADIUS) of authentication settings increases the security of remote and nonlocal access methods. This control is a particularly important protection against the insider threat. Audit records for administrator accounts access to the organization's network devices can be more readily analyzed for trends and anomalies. The alternative method of defining administrator accounts on each device exposes the device configuration to remote access authentication attacks and system administrators with multiple authenticators for each network device. This requirement references identification and authentication and does not prevent the configuration of privileges using the remote template account (CCI-000213).

Description

Centralized application (e.g., TACACS+, RADIUS) of authentication settings increases the security of remote and nonlocal access methods. This control is a particularly important protection against the insider threat. Audit records for administrator accounts access to the organization's network devices can be more readily analyzed for trends and anomalies. The alternative method of defining administrator accounts on each device exposes the device configuration to remote access authentication attacks and system administrators with multiple authenticators for each network device. This requirement references identification and authentication and does not prevent the configuration of privileges using the remote template account (CCI-000213).

STIG	Date
Juniper SRX SG NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-10

Details

Check Text ( C-31339r518248_chk )
Verify the Juniper SRX is configured to support the use of AAA services to centrally apply user authentication and logon settings. From the CLI operational mode enter: show system radius-server or show system tacplus-server If the Juniper SRX has not been configured to support the use of RADIUS and/or TACACS+ servers to centrally apply authentication and logon settings for remote and nonlocal access, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-31339r518248_chk )

Verify the Juniper SRX is configured to support the use of AAA services to centrally apply user authentication and logon settings.

From the CLI operational mode enter:
show system radius-server
or
show system tacplus-server

If the Juniper SRX has not been configured to support the use of RADIUS and/or TACACS+ servers to centrally apply authentication and logon settings for remote and nonlocal access, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31316r518249_fix)
Configure the Juniper SRX to support the use of AAA services to centrally apply user authentication and logon settings. [edit] set system tacplus-server address port 1812 secret or [edit] set system radius-server address port 1812 secret