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V-266931

CAT II (Medium)

AOS must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Rule ID

SV-266931r1039814_rule

STIG

HPE Aruba Networking AOS NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000205

Discussion

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.

Check Content

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

Configure AOS with the following commands: 
configure terminal 
aaa password-policy mgmt 
password-min-length 15 
exit 
write memory