Applications used for nonlocal maintenance sessions must implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic communications.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-55267	SRG-APP-000412-NDM-000331	SV-69513r1_rule		Medium

Description
This requires the use of secure protocols instead of their unsecured counterparts, such as SSH instead of telnet, SCP instead of FTP, and HTTPS instead of HTTP. If unsecured protocols (lacking cryptographic mechanisms) are used for sessions, the contents of those sessions will be susceptible to eavesdropping, potentially putting sensitive data (including administrator passwords) at risk of compromise and potentially allowing hijacking of maintenance sessions.

Description

This requires the use of secure protocols instead of their unsecured counterparts, such as SSH instead of telnet, SCP instead of FTP, and HTTPS instead of HTTP. If unsecured protocols (lacking cryptographic mechanisms) are used for sessions, the contents of those sessions will be susceptible to eavesdropping, potentially putting sensitive data (including administrator passwords) at risk of compromise and potentially allowing hijacking of maintenance sessions.

STIG	Date
Network Device Management Security Requirements Guide	2016-09-30

Details

Check Text ( C-55887r1_chk )
Determine if the network device implements cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic communications. If any such communications are not protected by cryptographic mechanisms, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60131r1_fix)
Configure the network device to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic communications.