Vulnerability V-259336

Windows DNS Servers hosting Active Directory (AD)-integrated zones transfer zone information via AD replication. Windows DNS Servers hosting non-AD-integrated zones as a secondary name server and/or not hosting AD-integrated zones use zone transfer to sync zone data. If the Windows DNS Server hosts only AD-integrated zones and all other name servers for the zones hosted are Active Directory Domain Controllers, this requirement is not applicable. If the Windows DNS Server is not an Active Directory Domain Controller or is a secondary name server for a zone with a non-AD-integrated name server as the master, this requirement is applicable. Administrator notification is only possible if a third-party event monitoring system is configured or, at a minimum, there are documented procedures requiring the administrator to review the DNS logs on a routine, daily basis. If a third-party event monitoring system is not configured or a document procedure is not in place requiring the administrator to review the DNS logs on a routine, daily basis, this is a finding.

To detect and notify the administrator, configure a third-party event monitoring system or, at a minimum, document and implement a procedure to require the administrator to check the DNS logs on a routine, daily basis.