The IPsec VPN Gateway must use IKEv2 for IPsec VPN security associations.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-207205	SRG-NET-000132	SRG-NET-000132-VPN-000460	SV-207205r608988_rule	2024-12-19	3

Description
In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within data types); organizations must disable or restrict unused or unnecessary physical and logical ports/protocols on information systems. Use of IKEv2 leverages DoS protections because of improved bandwidth management and leverages more secure encryption algorithms.

Description

In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within data types); organizations must disable or restrict unused or unnecessary physical and logical ports/protocols on information systems. Use of IKEv2 leverages DoS protections because of improved bandwidth management and leverages more secure encryption algorithms.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the IPsec VPN Gateway uses IKEv2 for IPsec VPN security associations. If the IPsec VPN Gateway must use IKEv2 for IPsec VPN security associations, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the IPsec VPN Gateway to use IKEv2 for IPsec VPN security associations.