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The DNS server implementation must follow procedures to re-role a secondary name server as the master name server should the master name server permanently lose functionality.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-279969SRG-APP-000474-DNS-000069SV-279969r1157016_ruleCCI-002702medium
Description
Failing to an unsecure condition negatively impacts application security and can lead to system compromise. Failure conditions include, for example, loss of communications among critical system components or between system components and operational facilities. Fail-safe procedures include, for example, alerting operator personnel and providing specific instructions on subsequent steps to take (e.g., do nothing, reestablish system settings, shut down processes, restart the system, or contact designated organizational personnel). If a component such as the DNSSEC or TSIG/SIG(0) signing capabilities were to fail, the DNS server should shut itself down to prevent continued execution without the necessary security components in place. Transactions such as zone transfers would not be able to work correctly anyway in this state.
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.

CHG-06Control Functionality Verification
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (16) 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-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AU-10(2)Validate Binding of Information Producer Identity
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-4(1)Transfer to Alternate Storage
1.00
AU-5Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
1.00
AU-5(2)Real-time Alerts
1.00
AU-6(4)Central Review and Analysis
1.00
AU-7Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation
1.00
AU-7(1)Automatic Processing
1.00
AU-9Protection of Audit Information
1.00

+6 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-002702
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-279969r1157016_chk)

Review the DNS server implementation operating documentation to determine if procedures exist to promote a secondary name server to the master in the event the master DNS name server permanently loses functionality. If procedures do not exist to promote a secondary name server to the master in the event the master DNS name server permanently loses functionality, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-84435r1157015_fix)

Develop internal procedures to ensure a secondary name server to the master in the event the master DNS name server permanently loses functionality.