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DISA F5 BIG-IP TMOS Firewall STIG v1r1

Audit Details

Name: DISA F5 BIG-IP TMOS Firewall STIG v1r1

Updated: 12/19/2025

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: F5

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 14

File Details

Filename: DISA_STIG_F5_BIG-IP_TMOS_Firewall_v1r1.audit

Size: 39.8 kB

MD5: 8a7e4d4702d25d9ef91fa46e6999b166
SHA256: 102e15606dc4e167b423603b603d89070250207f24d7629b62e9462ff912c836

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
F5BI-FW-300001 - The F5 BIG-IP appliance that filters traffic from the VPN access points must be configured with organization-defined filtering rules that apply to the monitoring of remote access traffic.

ACCESS CONTROL

F5BI-FW-300002 - The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to use filters that use packet headers and packet attributes, including source and destination IP addresses and ports, to prevent the flow of unauthorized or suspicious traffic between interconnected networks with different security policies, including perimeter firewalls and server VLANs.

ACCESS CONTROL

F5BI-FW-300005 - The F5 BIG-IP appliance must generate traffic log entries containing information to establish the details of the event, including success or failure of the application of the firewall rule.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

F5BI-FW-300012 - In the event that communication with the central audit server is lost, the F5 BIG-IP appliance must continue to queue traffic log records locally.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

F5BI-FW-300013 - The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to use TCP when sending log records to the central audit server.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

F5BI-FW-300015 - The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to restrict itself from accepting outbound packets that contain an illegitimate address in the source address field via an egress filter or by enabling Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF).

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

F5BI-FW-300017 - The F5 BIG-IP appliance must employ filters that prevent or limit the effects of all types of commonly known denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, including flooding, packet sweeps, and unauthorized port scanning.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

F5BI-FW-300020 - The F5 BIG-IP appliance must deny network communications traffic by default and allow network communications traffic by exception (i.e., deny all, permit by exception).

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

F5BI-FW-300021 - The F5 BIG-IP appliance must generate an alert that can be forwarded to, at a minimum, the information system security officer (ISSO) and information system security manager (ISSM) when denial-of-service (DoS) incidents are detected.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

F5BI-FW-300028 - The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to inspect all inbound and outbound traffic at the application layer.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

F5BI-FW-300029 - The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to filter inbound traffic on all external interfaces.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

F5BI-FW-300030 - The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to filter outbound traffic on all internal interfaces.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

F5BI-FW-300031 - The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to block all outbound management traffic.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

F5BI-FW-300033 - The BIG-IP appliance perimeter firewall must be configured to filter traffic destined to the enclave in accordance with the specific traffic that is approved and registered in the Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) Category Assurance List (CAL) and vulnerability assessments.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION