F5 BIG-IP TMOS NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-APP-000142-NDM-000245
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The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and/or nonsecure functions, ports, protocols, and/or services.
<VulnDiscussion>To prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embeddi...Rule High Severity -
The F5 BIG-IP appliance must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex passwords helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity,...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000167-NDM-000255
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The F5 BIG-IP appliance must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000168-NDM-000256
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The F5 BIG-IP appliance must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000169-NDM-000257
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The F5 BIG-IP appliance must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000170-NDM-000329
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The F5 BIG-IP appliance must require that when a password is changed, the characters are changed in at least eight of the positions within the password.
<VulnDiscussion>If the application allows the user to consecutively reuse extensive portions of passwords, this increases the chances of pass...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000400-NDM-000313
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The F5 BIG-IP appliance must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after eight hours or less.
<VulnDiscussion>Some authentication implementations can be configured to use cached authenticators. If cached authentication information is ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000175-NDM-000262
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The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to use DOD approved OCSP responders or CRLs to validate certificates used for PKI-based authentication.
<VulnDiscussion>Once issued by a DOD certificate authority (CA), public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates are typically valid for three y...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000190-NDM-000267
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The F5 BIG-IP appliance must set the idle time before automatic logout to five minutes of inactivity except to fulfill documented and validated mission requirements.
<VulnDiscussion>Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take c...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000341
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The F5 BIG-IP appliance must conduct backups of the configuration at a weekly or organization-defined frequency and store on a separate device.
<VulnDiscussion>Information system backup is a critical step in maintaining data assurance and availability. Information system and security-...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000069-NDM-000216
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