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AAA Services Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • AAA Services used for 802.1x must be configured to uniquely identify network endpoints (supplicants) before the authenticator establishes any connection.

    <VulnDiscussion>Without identifying devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. For...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000164

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AAA Services must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000166

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AAA Services must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000167

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AAA Services must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000168

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AAA Services must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000169

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AAA Services must be configured to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000170

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AAA Services must be configured to require the change of at least eight of the total number of characters when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • For password-based authentication, AAA Services must be configured to store passwords using an approved salted key derivation function, preferably using a keyed hash.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords must be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are no...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000172

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AAA Services must be configured to encrypt transmitted credentials using a FIPS-validated cryptographic module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000173

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AAA Services must be configured to enforce 24 hours as the minimum password lifetime.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforce...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000174

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AAA Services must be configured to enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked; therefore, passwords must be changed at specific intervals. ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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