The router must use its loopback or OOB management interface address as the source address when originating NTP traffic.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-14674	NET0899	SV-15343r2_rule		Low

Description
Using a loopback address as the source address offers a multitude of uses for security, access, management, and scalability of routers. It is easier to construct appropriate ingress filters for router management plane traffic destined to the network management subnet since the source addresses will be from the range used for loopback interfaces instead of a larger range of addresses used for physical interfaces. Log information recorded by authentication and syslog servers will record the router’s loopback address instead of the numerous physical interface addresses. NTP messages sent to management servers should use the loopback address as the source address.

Description

Using a loopback address as the source address offers a multitude of uses for security, access, management, and scalability of routers. It is easier to construct appropriate ingress filters for router management plane traffic destined to the network management subnet since the source addresses will be from the range used for loopback interfaces instead of a larger range of addresses used for physical interfaces. Log information recorded by authentication and syslog servers will record the router’s loopback address instead of the numerous physical interface addresses. NTP messages sent to management servers should use the loopback address as the source address.

STIG	Date
Perimeter Router Security Technical Implementation Guide Cisco	2017-12-07

Details

Check Text ( C-12809r3_chk )
Review the configuration and verify the loopback interface address is used as the source address when originating NTP traffic. If the device is managed from an OOB management network, the OOB interface must be used instead. The configuration should look similar as shown in the following example: interface loopback 0 ip address 10.10.2.1 255.255.255.255 … ntp server 129.237.32.2 ntp server 142.181.31.6 ntp source Loopback0 Note: IOS allows multiple loopback interfaces to be defined.

Check Text ( C-12809r3_chk )

Review the configuration and verify the loopback interface address is used as the source address when originating NTP traffic. If the device is managed from an OOB management network, the OOB interface must be used instead. The configuration should look similar as shown in the following example:

interface loopback 0
ip address 10.10.2.1 255.255.255.255
…
ntp server 129.237.32.2
ntp server 142.181.31.6
ntp source Loopback0

Note: IOS allows multiple loopback interfaces to be defined.

Fix Text (F-14136r4_fix)
Configure the device to use its loopback or OOB management interface address as the source address when originating NTP traffic.