JUSX-DM-000094 - The Juniper SRX Services Gateway must be configured to synchronize internal information system clocks with the primary and secondary NTP servers for the network.

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 log 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.

Solution

The following commands allow the device to keep time synchronized with the network. To designate a primary NTP server, add the 'prefer' keyword to the server statement.

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set system ntp server <NTP-server1-IP> prefer
set system ntp source-address <MGT-IP-Address>
set system ntp server <NTP-server2-IP>
set system ntp source-address <MGT-IP-Address>

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Juniper_SRX_SG_Y22M10_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|AU-8(2), 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, CCI|CCI-001893, Rule-ID|SV-223205r513304_rule, STIG-ID|JUSX-DM-000094, STIG-Legacy|SV-80977, STIG-Legacy|V-66487, Vuln-ID|V-223205

Plugin: Juniper

Control ID: be358885544367b5d3d2a0e3683156ad69115d0b437935e8e1a05bc4420c41b0