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The BIND 9.x server implementation must not be configured with a channel to send audit records to null.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-272433BIND-9X-001920SV-272433r1123612_ruleCCI-001348medium
Description
DNS software administrators require DNS transaction logs for a wide variety of reasons including troubleshooting, intrusion detection, and forensics. Ensuring that the DNS transaction logs are recorded on the local system will provide the capability needed to support these actions. Sending DNS transaction data to the null channel would cause a loss of important data.
STIGDate
BIND 9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-02-25

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

MON-08.1Event Log Backup on Separate Physical Systems / Components
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (21) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AU-10Non-repudiation
1.00
AU-11Audit Record Retention
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-12(1)System-wide and Time-correlated Audit Trail
1.00
AU-12(3)Changes by Authorized Individuals
1.00
AU-4(1)Transfer to Alternate Storage
1.00
AU-5Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
1.00

+11 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001348
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-272433r1123612_chk)

Verify that the BIND 9.x server is not configured to send audit logs to the null channel. Inspect the "named.conf" file for the following: category null { null; } If there is a category defined to send audit logs to the "null" channel, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-76390r1123611_fix)

Edit the "named.conf" file. Remove any instance of the following: category null { null; }; Restart the BIND 9.x process.