The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-253904 | SRG-APP-000164-NDM-000252 | JUEX-NM-000270 | SV-253904r1018762_rule | 2025-03-07 | 2 |
| 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 network device or its associated authentication server enforces a minimum 15-character password length. This requirement may be verified by demonstration or configuration review. [edit system login password] : minimum-length 15; : If the network device 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 network device or its associated authentication server to enforce a minimum 15-character password length. set system login password minimum-length 15 |