V-66455

Discussion

Without confidentiality protection mechanisms, unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive information via a remote access session. Nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic activities are those activities conducted by individuals communicating through a network, either an external network (e.g., the Internet) or an internal network. To protect the confidentiality of nonlocal maintenance sessions, SNMPv3 with AES encryption to must be configured to provide confidentiality. The Juniper SRX allows the use of SNMPv3 to monitor or query the device in support of diagnostics information. SNMP cannot be used to make configuration changes; however, it is a valuable diagnostic tool. SNMP is disabled by default and must be enabled for use. SNMPv3 is the DoD-required version, but must be configured to be used securely.

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Verify SNMPv3 is configured with privacy options.

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show snmp v3
 
If SNMPv3, AES encryption, and other privacy options are not configured, this is a finding.