For local accounts created on the device, the Juniper SRX Services Gateway must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during a 15-minute time period.

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For local accounts created on the device, the Juniper SRX Services Gateway must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during a 15-minute time period.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-223188	JUSX-DM-000030	SV-223188r960840_rule		Low

Description
By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced. Juniper SRX is unable to comply with the 15-minute time period part of this control.

STIG	Date
Juniper SRX SG NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-10

Details

Check Text ( C-24861r513257_chk )
Verify the number of unsuccessful logon attempts is set to 3. [edit] show system login retry-options If the number of unsuccessful logon attempts is set to 3, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-24849r513258_fix)
Configure the number of unsuccessful logon attempts for all login account, globally. [edit] set system login retry-options tries-before-disconnect 3