V-217452

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.

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Determine if the HP FlexFabric Switch or its associated authentication server enforces a minimum 15-character password length.

[HP] display password-control

Global password control configurations:
 Password control:                    Enabled
 Password aging:                      Enabled (60 days)
 Password length:                     Enabled (15 characters)

If the HP FlexFabric Switch does not have password control enabled and does not enforce a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding.