The HP FlexFabric Switch must automatically lock the account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts in 15 minutes are exceeded.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.
- ID
- SV-80725r1_rule
- Version
- HFFS-ND-000092
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the HP FlexFabric Switch to automatically lock the account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts in 15 minutes are exceeded.
[HP] local-user test
[HP-luser-test] password-control login-attempt 3 exceed lock-time 15