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V-269795

CAT II (Medium)

The Dell OS10 Switch must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.

Rule ID

SV-269795r1052420_rule

STIG

Dell OS10 Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-002007

Discussion

Some authentication implementations can be configured to use cached authenticators. If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable. The organization-defined time period should be established for each device depending on the nature of the device; for example, a device with just a few administrators in a facility with spotty network connectivity may merit a longer caching time period than a device with many administrators.

Check Content

Review the OS10 Switch configuration to determine if it prohibits the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.

Verify the rest authentication token validity setting is configured. If no entry is displayed, the default is 120 minutes.

OS10# show running-configuration | grep "rest authentication token validity"
rest authentication token validity 60

If cached authenticators are used after an organization-defined time period, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the OS10 Switch to prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period:

OS10(config)# rest authentication token validity {minutes}