JUEX-NM-000270 - The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Information

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.

Solution

Configure the network device or its associated authentication server to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

set system login password minimum-length 15

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Juniper_EX_Switches_Y24M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(a), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-253904r997740_rule, STIG-ID|JUEX-NM-000270, Vuln-ID|V-253904

Plugin: Juniper

Control ID: cf04514e03b0c2a4c656b2210e233586362768f2b3509030bfb2d0f5a18de3c3