The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-253904	JUEX-NM-000270	SV-253904r843745_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. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password.

STIG	Date
Juniper EX Series Switches Network Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-08-31

Details

Check Text ( C-57356r843743_chk )
Determine if the network device or its associated authentication server enforces a minimum 15-character password length. This requirement may be verified by demonstration or configuration review. [edit system login password] : minimum-length 15; : If the network device or its associated authentication server does not enforce a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-57307r843744_fix)
Configure the network device or its associated authentication server to enforce a minimum 15-character password length. set system login password minimum-length 15