AOS must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-266931 | ARBA-ND-000252 | SV-266931r1039814_rule | Medium |
| Description |
| Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password. |
| STIG | Date |
| HPE Aruba Networking AOS NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-10-29 |
Details
| Check Text (C-70855r1039812_chk) |
| Verify the AOS configuration with the following command: show aaa password-policy mgmt If "Minimum password length required" is not set to "15 characters", this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-70758r1039813_fix) |
| Configure AOS with the following commands: configure terminal aaa password-policy mgmt password-min-length 15 exit write memory |