The Juniper SRX Services Gateway must use SSHv2 with privacy options to protect the confidentiality of maintenance and diagnostic communications for nonlocal maintenance sessions using SSH.

To protect the confidentiality of nonlocal maintenance sessions when using SSH communications, SSHv2, AES ciphers, and key-exchange commands are configured.

Nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic activities are activities conducted by individuals communicating through an external network (e.g., the internet) or internal network.

The SSHv2 protocol suite includes Layer 7 protocols such as SCP and SFTP, which can be used for secure file transfers. The key-exchange commands limit the key exchanges to FIPS and DOD-approved methods.

Verify SSHv2, AES ciphers, and key-exchange commands are configured to protect confidentiality.

[edit] show system services ssh

If SSHv2 is not configured to use AES ciphers and key-exchange commands, this is a finding.

Configure SSH confidentiality options to comply with DOD requirements.

[edit] set system services ssh protocol-version v2 set system services ssh ciphers aes256-ctr set system services ssh ciphers aes192-ctr set system services ssh ciphers aes128-ctr set system services ssh macs hmac-sha2-512 set system services ssh macs hmac-sha2-256 set system services ssh key-exchange ecdh-sha2-nistp521 set system services ssh key-exchange ecdh-sha2-nistp384 set system services ssh key-exchange ecdh-sha2-nistp256