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V-223222

CAT II (Medium)

For local accounts using password authentication (i.e., the root account and the account of last resort), the Juniper SRX Services Gateway must enforce password complexity by requiring at least one special character be used.

Rule ID

SV-223222r1015757_rule

STIG

Juniper SRX Services Gateway NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R3

CCIs

CCI-004066, CCI-001619

Discussion

Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.

Check Content

Verify the default local password enforces password complexity by requiring at least one special character be used.

[edit]
show system login password

If the minimum-punctuation is not set to at least 1, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the default local password to enforce password complexity by requiring at least one special character be used.

[edit]
set system login password minimum-punctuations 1