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The key file must be owned by the account under which the name server software is run.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-205171SRG-APP-000176-DNS-000018SV-205171r961041_ruleCCI-000186medium
Description
To enable zone transfer (requests and responses) through authenticated messages, it is necessary to generate a key for every pair of name servers. The key can also be used for securing other transactions, such as dynamic updates, DNS queries, and responses. The binary key string that is generated by most key generation utilities used with DNSSEC is Base64-encoded. TSIG is a string used to generate the message authentication hash stored in a TSIG RR and used to authenticate an entire DNS message.
STIGDate
Domain Name System (DNS) Security Requirements Guide2025-12-19

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.

IAC-10.2PKI-Based Authentication
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (55) 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-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(4)Discretionary Access Control
1.00

+45 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-000186
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-205171r961041_chk)

Review the DNS system to determine ownership of the key file and the account under which the name server software is run. If the key file owner is not the same account as the account under which the name server is run, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-5438r392430_fix)

Change ownership for the key file to the account under which the name server software is run.