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F5 BIG-IP TMOS NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

    Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resistin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000170-NDM-000329

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000400-NDM-000313

    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after eight hours or less.

    Some authentication implementations can be configured to use cached authenticators. If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity of the authentication information may be quest...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000175-NDM-000262

    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to use DOD approved OCSP responders or CRLs to validate certificates used for PKI-based authentication.

    Once issued by a DOD certificate authority (CA), public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates are typically valid for three years or shorter within the DOD. However, there are many reasons a certif...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000190-NDM-000267

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000341

    Group
  • The F5 BIG-IP appliance must conduct backups of the configuration at a weekly or organization-defined frequency and store on a separate device.

    Information system backup is a critical step in maintaining data assurance and availability. Information system and security-related documentation contains information pertaining to system configur...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000069-NDM-000216

    Group

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