If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the DBN-6300 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>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 resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-91663r1_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Set the password-complexity variable within the DBN-6300 through the CLI.
This value is set with the following registry entry in the CLI:
reg set /sysconfig/auth/01 {"stores": {"local": {"policies": {"passwordQuality": {"owasp": {"enable": true,"allowPassphrases": false }}}}}}