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Harden your cisco router

by on Jul.18, 2009, under Cisco

Commmand

Description

no ip tcp-small-servers

If you disable the minor TCP/IP servers, access to the Echo, Discard, Chargen, and Daytime ports cause the Cisco IOS® software to send a TCP RESET packet to the sender and discard the original incoming packet.

no ip udp-small-servers

If you disable the servers, access to Echo, Discard, and Chargen ports causes the Cisco IOS® software to send an “ICMP port unreachable” message to the sender and discard the original incoming packet.

no ip bootp server

This will send an ICMP port unreachable message to the sender and discard the original incoming packet

no service finger

This is the equivalent of a remote show users command – disable it

no ip source route

Disallow IP Source routing.

no ip ident

IP Identd will return accurate information about the host TCP port, disabled this

no ip http server

This is very important considering IOS® HTTP Authorization vulnerability. This will remove the ability to use http to manage Cisco devices.

no ip http secure-server

This is very important considering IOS® HTTP Authorization vulnerability. This will remove the ability to use http to manage Cisco devices.

no cdp run

to prevent reconnaissance against yoru network

ntp disable

If you need to run NTP, run NTP securely

(Config-if) shutdown

Shutdown all unused interfaces

(Config-if) no ip proxy-arp

This prevents internal addresses from being revealed

(Config-if)no ip directed-broadcast

Apply this to all interfaces that shouldn’t forward legitimate directed broadcasts

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