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The Dell OS10 Switch must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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 factor 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.

ID
SV-269781r1051728_rule
Version
OS10-NDM-000400
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the OS10 Switch or its associated authentication server to enforce a minimum 15-character password length:

OS10(config)# password-attributes min-length 15