Domain Name System (DNS) Security Requirements Guide

The DNS server implementation must provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store.

STIG ID: | SRG: SRG-APP-000915-DNS-000310 | Severity: Medium | CCI: | Vulnerability ID: V-263644

Description

A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is an example of a hardware-protected data store that can be used to protect cryptographic keys.

Check

C-67544r982544_chk

Verify the DNS server implementation is configured to provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store. If the DNS server implementation is not configured to provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store, this is a finding.

Fix

F-67452r982093_fix

Configure the DNS server implementation to provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store.