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V-255555

CAT II (Medium)

If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the DBN-6300 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used.

Rule ID

SV-255555r984098_rule

STIG

DBN-6300 NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-000193

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

To see if the system requires password complexity attempt to change your password to a non-conforming password.

If the user is able to change their password without meeting the requirement, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Set the password-complexity variable within the DBN-6300 through the CLI.

This value is set with the following registry entry in the CLI:
reg set /sysconfig/auth/01 {"stores": {"local": {"policies": {"passwordQuality": {"owasp": {"enable": true,"allowPassphrases": false }}}}}}