The Dell OS10 Switch must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-269781 | SRG-APP-000164-NDM-000252 | OS10-NDM-000400 | SV-269781r1051728_rule | 2024-12-11 | 1 |
| Description |
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| 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. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Determine if the OS10 Switch or its associated authentication server enforces a minimum 15-character password length. Review the configuration to verify that the min-length password-attribute is set to 15: OS10# show running-configuration password-attributes ! password-attributes min-length 15 If the OS10 Switch or its associated authentication server does not enforce a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure the OS10 Switch or its associated authentication server to enforce a minimum 15-character password length: OS10(config)# password-attributes min-length 15 |