Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS) must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
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. To meet password policy requirements, passwords need to be changed at specific policy-based intervals. If the network device allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements.
- ID
- SV-77465r1_rule
- Version
- RICX-DM-000124
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure RiOS to prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
Navigate to the device Management Console
Navigate to Configure >> Security >> Password Policy
Set the value of "Minimum Interval for Password Reuse:" to "5"