The NIOS appliance is compliant with the following:
- Qualys and Nessus security requirements
- Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) certification for Internet Protocol version 6 capability
- RFCs (Request for Comments):
DNS RFC Compliance
The NIOS appliance complies with the following DNS RFCs:
Table F.2 RFCs for DNS
RFC Number RFC Title
805 Computer Mail Meeting Notes
811 Hostnames Server
819 The Domain Naming Convention for Internet User Applications 881 The Domain Names Plan and Schedule
882 Domain Names: Concepts and Facilities
883 Domain Names: Implementation Specification
897 Domain Name System Implementation Schedule
920 Domain Requirements
921 Domain Name System Implementation Schedule – Revised
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RFC Number RFC Title
973 Domain System Changes and Observations
974 Mail Routing and the Domain System
1032 Domain Administrators Guide
1033 Domain Administrators Operations Guide
1034 Domain Names – Concepts and Facilities
1035 Domain Names – Implementation and Specification 1101 DNS Encoding of Network Names and Other Types
1122 Requirements for Internet Hosts – Communication Layers 1123 Requirements for Internet Hosts – Application and Support 1178 Choosing a Name for Your Computer
1348 DNS NSAP RRs
1386 The US Domain
1464 Using the Domain Name System to Store Arbitrary String Attributes
1535 A Security Problem and Proposed Correction with Widely Deployed DNS Software 1536 Common DNS Implementation Errors and Suggested Fixes
1537 Common DNS Data File Configuration Errors 1591 Domain Name System Structure and Delegation 1611 DNS Server MIB Extensions
1612 DNS Resolver MIB Extensions
1637 DNS NSAP Resource Records
1664 Using the Internet DNS to Distribute RFC 1327 Mail Address Mapping Tables 1713 Tools for DNS debugging
1794 DNS Support for Load Balancing
1811 U.S. Government Internet Domain Names
1816 U.S. Government Internet Domain Names
1912 Common DNS Operational and Configuration Errors 1956 Registration in the MIL Domain
1982 Serial Number Arithmetic
1995 Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS
1996 A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes 2010 Operational Criteria for Root Name Servers
2052 A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV) 2053 The AM (Armenia) Domain
2136 Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)
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RFC Number RFC Title
2142 Mailbox Names for Common Services, Roles and Functions 2146 U.S. Government Internet Domain Names
2168 Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers using the Domain Name System 2181 Clarifications to the DNS Specification
2182 Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS Servers 2219 Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services
2240 A Legal Basis for Domain Name Allocation
2308 Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE) 2317 Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA Delegation
2352 A Convention for Using Legal Names as Domain Names 2537 RSA/MD5 KEYs and SIGs in the Domain Name System (DNS) 2606 Reserved Top Level DNS Names
2782 A DNS RR for Specifying the Location of Services (DNS SRV) 2845 Secret Key Transaction Authentication for DNS (TSIG)
2915 The Naming Authority Pointer (NAPTR) DNS Resource Record 2930 Secret Key Establishment for DNS (TKEY RR)
3596 DNS Extensions to Support IP Version 6
3645 Generic Security Service Algorithm for Secret Key Transaction Authentication for DNS (GSS-TSIG) 3768 Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
4033 DNS Security Introduction and Requirements 4034 Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions
4035 Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security Extensions 4641 DNSSEC Operational Practices
4956 DNS Security (DNSSEC) Opt-In
4986 Requirements Related to DNS Security (DNSSEC) Trust Anchor Rollover 5155 DNSSEC Hashed Authenticated Denial of Existence
5702 Use of SHA-2 Algorithms with RSA in DNSKEY and RRSIG Resource Records for DNSSEC 5936 DNS Zone Transfer Protocol (AXFR)
6147 DNS Extensions for Network Address Translation from IPv6 Clients to IPv4 Servers 6891 Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0)
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DHCP RFC Compliance
The appliance complies with the following DHCP RFCs:
Table F.3 RFCs for DHCP
RFC Number RFC Title
1531 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 1534 Interoperation Between DHCP and BOOTP
1542 Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap Protocol 2131 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
2132 DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions 3046 DHCP Relay Agent Information Option
3315 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
3925 Vendor-Identifying Vendor Options for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol version 4 (DHCPv4)
4388 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Leasequery
DHCPv6 RFC Compliance
The appliance complies with the following DHCPv6 RFCs:
Table F.4 RFCs for DHCPv6
RFC Number RFC Title
4075 Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Configuration Option for DHCPv6
3898 Network Information Service (NIS) Configuration Options for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
3736 Stateless Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Service for IPv6 3646 DNS Configuration options for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6
(DHCPv6)
3633 IPv6 Prefix Options for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) version 6 3319 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv6) Options for Session Initiation
Protocol (SIP) Servers
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IDN (Internationalized Domain Names) RFC Compliance
The appliance complies with the following IDN RFCs:
Table F.5 RFCs for IDN
RFC Number RFC Title
3492 Punycode: A Bootstring encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)
5890 Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework
5891 Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Background, Explanation, and Rationale
5892 The Unicode code points and IDNA
5893 Right-to-left scripts for IDNA
5894 Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA): Protocol 5895 Mapping Characters in IDNA2008
6452 The Unicode Code Points and Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA) - Unicode 6.0
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