V-283382

Discussion

Use of complex passwords 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 is, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Multifactor authentication (MFA) is required for all administrative and user accounts on network devices, except for an account of last resort and (where applicable) a root account. Passwords should only be used when MFA using PKI is not available, and for the account of last resort and root account. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000166-NDM-000254, SRG-APP-000167-NDM-000255, SRG-APP-000168-NDM-000256, SRG-APP-000169-NDM-000257

Check Content

Verify the system is configured to require complex passwords for local accounts with the following command:

cli% showsys -d 
------------------------General------------------------
System Name                :                    s2474
System Model                :   HPE Alletra Storage MP
Serial Number               :               4UW0002474
Product Number           :                   S0B84A
System ID                         :                  0x7E734
Number of Nodes         :                        2
Master Node                   :                        0
Nodes Online                 :                      0,1
Nodes in Cluster            :                      0,1
Chunklet Size (MiB)       :                     1024
Minimum PW length      :                       15
Minimum PW character classes :       4

If "Minimum PW character classes" is not set to a value of " 4", this is a finding.