AOS must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid login attempts, after which time it must block any login attempt for 15 minutes.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced.
- ID
- SV-266911r1039754_rule
- Version
- ARBA-ND-000214
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure AOS with the following commands:
configure terminal
aaa password-policy mgmt
password-lock-out 3
password-lock-out-time 15
enable