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An authoritative name server must be configured to enable DNSSEC Resource Records.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-279959SRG-APP-000215-DNS-000089SV-279959r1156986_ruleCCI-001663medium
Description
The specification for a digital signature mechanism in the context of the DNS infrastructure is in IETF's DNSSEC standard. In DNSSEC, trust in the public key (for signature verification) of the source is established not by going to a third party or a chain of third parties (as in public key infrastructure [PKI] chaining), but by starting from a trusted zone (such as the root zone) and establishing the chain of trust down to the current source of response through successive verifications of signature of the public key of a child by its parent. The public key of the trusted zone is called the trust anchor. After authenticating the source, the next process DNSSEC calls for is to authenticate the response. DNSSEC mechanisms involve two main processes: sign and serve, and verify signature. Before a DNSSEC-signed zone can be deployed, a name server must be configured to enable DNSSEC processing.
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.

NET-10Domain Name Service (DNS) Resolution
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (10) 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.

AU-10(1)Association of Identities
1.00
AU-10(2)Validate Binding of Information Producer Identity
1.00
CM-6Configuration Settings
1.00
IA-3Device Identification and Authentication
1.00
SC-20Secure Name/Address Resolution Service (Authoritative Source)
1.00
SC-20(2)Data Origin and Integrity
1.00
SC-21Secure Name/Address Resolution Service (Recursive or Caching Resolver)
1.00
SC-23Session Authenticity
1.00
SC-8(2)Pre- and Post-transmission Handling
1.00
SI-10Information Input Validation
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001663
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-279959r1156986_chk)

Check the DNS configuration to ensure DNSSEC Resource Records has been enabled. If the name server is not configured with DNSSEC enabled, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-84425r1156985_fix)

Configure the name server with DNSSEC enabled.