The HP FlexFabric switch must be configured to utilize an authentication server for the purpose of authenticating privilege users, managing accounts, and to centrally verify authentication settings and Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-66297	HFFS-ND-000141	SV-80787r1_rule		Medium

Description
To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational administrators must be uniquely identified and authenticated for all network management accesses to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system. Protecting access authorization information ensures that authorization information cannot be altered, spoofed, or otherwise compromised during transmission. The use of authentication servers or other centralized management servers for providing centralized authentication services is required for network device management. Maintaining local administrator accounts for daily usage on each network device without centralized management is not scalable or feasible. Without centralized management, it is likely that credentials for some network devices will be forgotten, leading to delays in administration, which itself leads to delays in remediating production problems.

Description

To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational administrators must be uniquely identified and authenticated for all network management accesses to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system. Protecting access authorization information ensures that authorization information cannot be altered, spoofed, or otherwise compromised during transmission. The use of authentication servers or other centralized management servers for providing centralized authentication services is required for network device management. Maintaining local administrator accounts for daily usage on each network device without centralized management is not scalable or feasible. Without centralized management, it is likely that credentials for some network devices will be forgotten, leading to delays in administration, which itself leads to delays in remediating production problems.

STIG	Date
HP FlexFabric Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-09-27

Details

Check Text ( C-66943r1_chk )
Review the HP FlexFabric Switch configuration to determine if it is authenticating user logon via an authentication server. Local authentication must only be used as a last resort. Example configuration would look similar to the following: authentication login hwtacacs-scheme local or authentication login radius-scheme local If the HP FlexFabric Switch does not have an authentication server configured as the primary authentication method, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-66943r1_chk )

Review the HP FlexFabric Switch configuration to determine if it is authenticating user logon via an authentication server. Local authentication must only be used as a last resort. Example configuration would look similar to the following:

authentication login hwtacacs-scheme local
or
authentication login radius-scheme local

If the HP FlexFabric Switch does not have an authentication server configured as the primary authentication method, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-72373r1_fix)
Configure the HP FlexFabric Switch to use an authentication server: [HP] radius scheme [HP-radius-jitc] primary authentication x.x.x.x key simple xxxxxx [HP-radius-jitc] user-name-format without-domain [HP] domain [HP-isp-jitc] authentication login radius-scheme local [HP-isp-jitc] authorization login radius-scheme local [HP-isp-jitc] accounting login radius-scheme c local [HP] domain default enable

Fix Text (F-72373r1_fix)

Configure the HP FlexFabric Switch to use an authentication server:

[HP] radius scheme
[HP-radius-jitc] primary authentication x.x.x.x key simple xxxxxx
[HP-radius-jitc] user-name-format without-domain

[HP] domain
[HP-isp-jitc] authentication login radius-scheme local
[HP-isp-jitc] authorization login radius-scheme local
[HP-isp-jitc] accounting login radius-scheme c local
[HP] domain default enable