Details

For user certificates, each organization obtains certificates from an approved, shared service provider, as required by OMB policy. For federal agencies operating a legacy public key infrastructure cross-certified with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority (CA) at medium assurance or higher, this Certification Authority will suffice.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure the router to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider as show in the example below.

RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config)#crypto ca trustpoint CA_X
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config-trustp)#enrollment url http://trustpoint1.example.com

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Cisco_IOS-XR_Router_Y21M04_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management, System and Communications Protection.This control applies to the following type of system Cisco.

References

• 800-53|CM-6b.
• 800-53|SC-17
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000366
• CCI|CCI-001159
• Rule-ID|SV-216546r531088_rule
• STIG-ID|CISC-ND-001440
• STIG-Legacy|SV-105633
• STIG-Legacy|V-96495
• Vuln-ID|V-216546

Source

• Tenable.com/audits