The Juniper EX switch must be configured to prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Some authentication implementations can be configured to use cached authenticators. If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable. The organization-defined time period should be established for each device depending on the nature of the device; for example, a device with just a few administrators in a facility with spotty network connectivity may merit a longer caching time period than a device with many administrators.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-253927r879773_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the network device or its associated authentication server to prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.
set system login idle-timeout 10
set system services ssh protocol-version v2
set system services ssh client-alive-count-max (0..255)