The validity period for the RRSIGs covering the DS RR for a zones delegated children must be no less than two days and no more than one week.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-265989	SRG-APP-000214-DNS-000079	F5BI-DN-300030	SV-265989r1024498_rule	2024-09-09	1

Description
The best way for a zone administrator to minimize the impact of a key compromise is by limiting the validity period of RRSIGs in the zone and in the parent zone. This strategy limits the time during which an attacker can take advantage of a compromised key to forge responses. An attacker that has compromised a ZSK can use that key only during the KSK's signature validity interval. An attacker that has compromised a KSK can use that key for only as long as the signature interval of the RRSIG covering the DS RR in the delegating parent. These validity periods must be short, which will require frequent resigning. To prevent the impact of a compromised KSK, a delegating parent must set the signature validity period for RRSIGs covering DS RRs in the range of a few days to one week. This resigning does not require frequent rollover of the parent's ZSK, but scheduled ZSK rollover must still be performed at regular intervals.

Description

The best way for a zone administrator to minimize the impact of a key compromise is by limiting the validity period of RRSIGs in the zone and in the parent zone. This strategy limits the time during which an attacker can take advantage of a compromised key to forge responses. An attacker that has compromised a ZSK can use that key only during the KSK's signature validity interval. An attacker that has compromised a KSK can use that key for only as long as the signature interval of the RRSIG covering the DS RR in the delegating parent. These validity periods must be short, which will require frequent resigning. To prevent the impact of a compromised KSK, a delegating parent must set the signature validity period for RRSIGs covering DS RRs in the range of a few days to one week. This resigning does not require frequent rollover of the parent's ZSK, but scheduled ZSK rollover must still be performed at regular intervals.

ℹ️ Check
KSK validity period From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. DNS. 2. Delivery. 3. Keys. 4. DNSSEC Key List. 5. Click the Name of the KSK. 6. Verify the "Signature Validity Period" is between two and seven days. ZSK validity period From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. DNS. 2. Delivery. 3. Keys. 4. DNSSEC Key List. 5. Click the name of the ZSK. 6. Verify the "Signature Validity Period" is between two and seven days. If the BIG-IP appliance is not configured with a validity period for the RRSIGs covering a zones DNSKEY RRSet of no less than two days and no more than one week, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

KSK validity period From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. DNS. 2. Delivery. 3. Keys. 4. DNSSEC Key List. 5. Click the Name of the KSK. 6. Verify the "Signature Validity Period" is between two and seven days. ZSK validity period From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. DNS. 2. Delivery. 3. Keys. 4. DNSSEC Key List. 5. Click the name of the ZSK. 6. Verify the "Signature Validity Period" is between two and seven days. If the BIG-IP appliance is not configured with a validity period for the RRSIGs covering a zones DNSKEY RRSet of no less than two days and no more than one week, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
KSK validity period From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. DNS. 2. Delivery. 3. Keys. 4. DNSSEC Key List. 5. Click the Name of the KSK. 6. Configure the "Signature Validity Period" to two and seven days. 7. Click "Update". ZSK validity period From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. DNS. 2. Delivery. 3. Keys. 4. DNSSEC Key List. 5. Click the Name of the ZSK. 6. Configure the "Signature Validity Period" to two and seven days. 7. Click "Update".

✔️ Fix

KSK validity period From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. DNS. 2. Delivery. 3. Keys. 4. DNSSEC Key List. 5. Click the Name of the KSK. 6. Configure the "Signature Validity Period" to two and seven days. 7. Click "Update". ZSK validity period From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. DNS. 2. Delivery. 3. Keys. 4. DNSSEC Key List. 5. Click the Name of the ZSK. 6. Configure the "Signature Validity Period" to two and seven days. 7. Click "Update".