STIGUI
V-206685CAT II — Medium severitySV-206685r604133_rule

The firewall must be configured to use TCP when sending log records to the central audit server.

Rule version SRG-NET-000098-FW-000021 · STIG v3 · 2026-05-23

Discussion

If the default UDP protocol is used for communication between the hosts and devices to the Central Log Server, then log records that do not reach the log server are not detected as a data loss. The use of TCP to transport log records to the log servers improves delivery reliability.

Check

Review the firewall configuration and verify that it is configure to use TCP.

If the firewall is not configured to use TCP when sending log records to the central audit server, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the firewall to use TCP when sending log records to the central audit server.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-206685
Group title
SRG-NET-000098
Rule ID
SV-206685r604133_rule
Check ID
C-6942r457833_chk
Fix ID
F-6942r457834_fix