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The Juniper EX switch must be configured to prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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 If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable. The organization-defined time period should be established for each device depending on the nature of the device; for example, a device with just a few administrators in a facility with spotty network connectivity may merit a longer caching time period than a device with many administrators.

ID
SV-253927r961521_rule
Version
JUEX-NM-000500
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the network device or its associated authentication server to prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.

set system login idle-timeout 10

set system services ssh protocol-version v2
set system services ssh client-alive-count-max (0..255)