AAA Services Security Requirements Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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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.
<VulnDiscussion>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.
<VulnDiscussion>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.
<VulnDiscussion>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.
<VulnDiscussion>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.
<VulnDiscussion>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.
<VulnDiscussion>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.
<VulnDiscussion>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.
<VulnDiscussion>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.
<VulnDiscussion>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.
<VulnDiscussion>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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