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V-216577

CAT I (High)

The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to not be a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) peer to an approved gateway service provider.

Rule ID

SV-216577r1117237_rule

STIG

Cisco IOS Router RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R4

CCIs

CCI-001414

Discussion

ISPs use BGP to share route information with other autonomous systems (i.e., other ISPs and corporate networks). If the perimeter router was configured to BGP peer with an ISP, NIPRNet routes could be advertised to the ISP, thereby creating a backdoor connection from the internet to the NIPRNet.

Check Content

This requirement is not applicable for the DODIN backbone.

Review the router configuration and verify that it is not BGP peering with an approved gateway service provider.

Step 1: Determine the IP address of the ISP router.

interface GigabitEthernet0/2
 description Link to ISP
 ip address x.22.1.15 255.255.255.240

Step 2: Verify that the router is not BGP peering with this router.

router bgp nn
 no synchronization
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 neighbor x.11.1.7 remote-as nn
 neighbor x.11.1.7 password xxxxxxx
 no auto-summary

In the example above, the router is not peering with the ISP.

If the router is BGP peering with an approved gateway service provider, this is a finding.

Fix Text

This requirement is not applicable for the DODIN backbone.

Remove any BGP neighbors belonging to the approved gateway service provider and configure a static route to forward internet-bound traffic to the approved gateway as shown in the example below.

R5(config)#ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 x.22.1.14