JUNI-ND-001020 - The Juniper router must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources.

Information

The loss of connectivity to a particular authoritative time source will result in the loss of time synchronization (free-run mode) and increasingly inaccurate time stamps on audit events and other functions.

Multiple time sources provide redundancy by including a secondary source. Time synchronization is usually a hierarchy; clients synchronize time to a local source while that source synchronizes its time to a more accurate source. The network device must utilize an authoritative time server and/or be configured to use redundant authoritative time sources. This requirement is related to the comparison done in CCI-001891.

DoD-approved solutions consist of a combination of a primary and secondary time source using a combination or multiple instances of the following: a time server designated for the appropriate DoD network (NIPRNet/SIPRNet); United States Naval Observatory (USNO) time servers; and/or the Global Positioning System (GPS). The secondary time source must be located in a different geographic region than the primary time source.

Solution

Configure the router to synchronize its clock with redundant authoritative time sources as shown in the example below.

[edit system ntp]
set server x.x.x.x
set server x.x.x.x prefer

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Juniper_Router_Y24M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-8(1), 800-53|AU-8(2), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-004922, CCI|CCI-004923, CCI|CCI-004928, Rule-ID|SV-217334r991992_rule, STIG-ID|JUNI-ND-001020, STIG-Legacy|SV-101257, STIG-Legacy|V-91157, Vuln-ID|V-217334

Plugin: Juniper

Control ID: 554af7d10f8a25da9f8319fe76664049fc95f1775626f0a30e430bc46111f133