Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS) must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-62975	RICX-DM-000124	SV-77465r1_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 network device 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.

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 network device 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
Riverbed SteelHead CX v8 NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-10-01

Details

Check Text ( C-63727r1_chk )
Verify that RiOS is configured to prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations. Navigate to the device Management Console Navigate to Configure >> Security >> Password Policy Verify that "Minimum Interval for Password Reuse:" is set to "5" If "Minimum Interval for Password Reuse:" is not set to "5", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-68893r1_fix)
Configure RiOS to prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations. Navigate to the device Management Console Navigate to Configure >> Security >> Password Policy Set the value of "Minimum Interval for Password Reuse:" to "5" Click "Apply" Navigate to the top of the web page and click "Save" to save these settings permanently