The firewall implementation must enforce password complexity by the number of upper case characters used.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-NET-000155-FW-000094	SRG-NET-000155-FW-000094	SRG-NET-000155-FW-000094_rule		Low

Description
Authorization for access to any firewall requires an approved and assigned individual account identifier. To ensure only the assigned individual is using the account, the account holder must create a strong password that is privately maintained and changed based on the organizationally defined frequency. Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing, dictionary attacks, and brute-force attacks. A combination of upper case, lower case, numeric, and special characters enhances the complexity of the password string. This control applies to passwords configured or controlled by the firewall itself.

Description

Authorization for access to any firewall requires an approved and assigned individual account identifier. To ensure only the assigned individual is using the account, the account holder must create a strong password that is privately maintained and changed based on the organizationally defined frequency. Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing, dictionary attacks, and brute-force attacks. A combination of upper case, lower case, numeric, and special characters enhances the complexity of the password string. This control applies to passwords configured or controlled by the firewall itself.

STIG	Date
Firewall Security Requirements Guide	2012-12-10

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000155-FW-000094_chk )
If authentication functionality is provided by the underlying platform's account management system or by a network authentication server rather than the firewall application itself, this is not a finding. Review the firewall configuration and settings to determine whether passwords contain the organizationally defined number of upper case characters. If the firewall implementation does not require passwords have the organizationally defined number of upper case characters, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-SRG-NET-000155-FW-000094_chk )

If authentication functionality is provided by the underlying platform's account management system or by a network authentication server rather than the firewall application itself, this is not a finding.

Review the firewall configuration and settings to determine whether passwords contain the organizationally defined number of upper case characters.

If the firewall implementation does not require passwords have the organizationally defined number of upper case characters, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-NET-000155-FW-000094_fix)
Configure the firewall implementation to enforce password complexity by the number of upper case characters used.