The Cisco router must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>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 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.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-215681r991820_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the Cisco router to enforce a minimum 15-character password length as shown in the example below.
R1(config)#aaa common-criteria policy PASSWORD_POLICY
R1(config-cc-policy)#min-length 15
R1(config-cc-policy)#exit