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The HP FlexFabric Switch must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-66205 HFFS-ND-000054 SV-80695r1_rule Medium
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 HP FlexFabric Switch 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.
STIG Date
HP FlexFabric Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide 2019-09-27

Details

Check Text ( C-66851r1_chk )
Determine if the HP FlexFabric Switch prohibits password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

[HP] display password-control

Global password control configurations:
Password control: Enabled
Password aging: Enabled (90 days)
Password length: Enabled (10 characters)
Password composition: Enabled (1 types, 1 characters per type)
Password history: Enabled (max history records: 4)

If the HP FlexFabric Switch or its associated authentication server does not prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-72281r1_fix)
Configure the HP FlexFabric Switch server to prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

[HP] password-control enable
[HP] password-control history 5