The firewall implementation must prohibit password reuse for the organizationally defined number of generations.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-37183	SRG-NET-000154-FW-000087	SV-48944r1_rule		Medium

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. A password must have an expiration date to limit the amount of time a compromised password can be used by a malicious user. 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. A password must have an expiration date to limit the amount of time a compromised password can be used by a malicious user. This control applies to passwords configured or controlled by the firewall itself.

STIG	Date
Firewall Security Requirements Guide	2013-04-24

Details

Check Text ( C-45505r1_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 account management configuration and settings to determine whether password reuse for the organizationally defined number of generations is prohibited. If the firewall configuration does not prohibit password reuse for the organizationally defined number of generations, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-45505r1_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 account management configuration and settings to determine whether password reuse for the organizationally defined number of generations is prohibited.

If the firewall configuration does not prohibit password reuse for the organizationally defined number of generations, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42122r1_fix)
Configure the firewall implementation to prohibit password reuse for the organizationally defined number of generations.