The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to have Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) disabled on all external interfaces.

LLDP is a neighbor discovery protocol used to advertise device capabilities, configuration information, and device identity. LLDP is media- and protocol-independent as it runs over layer 2; therefore, two network nodes that support different layer 3 protocols can still learn about each other. Allowing LLDP messages to reach external network nodes provides an attacker a method to obtain information of the network infrastructure that can be useful to plan an attack.

This requirement is not applicable for the DODIN Backbone.

Step 1: Verify LLDP is not enabled globally via the command

lldp

By default LLDP is not enabled globally. If LLDP is enabled, proceed to step 2.

Step 2: Verify LLDP transmit is disabled on any external interface as shown in the example below.

interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/1 ipv4 address x.1.34.3 255.255.255.252 lldp transmit disable

Note: LLDP is enabled by default on all interfaces once it is enabled globally; hence the commands lldp transmit and lldp receive will not be visible on the interface configuration.

If LLDP transmit is enabled on any external interface, this is a finding.

Disable LLDP transmit on all external interfaces as shown in the example below.

RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config)#interface g0/0/0/1 RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config-if)#lldp transmit disable