Local password complexity - password configuration history

Information

Device administrators can specify password complexity policies that can be used to ensure that managementuser passwords cannot be easily guessed or brute-forced to gain access to devices.Configurable complexity requirements include:
- Minimum password length
- Password composition (lowercase, uppercase, numbers, symbols)
- Checking for repeat characters, repeating password, or username as part of password
- Password aging and history

Solution

Enable password aging and history checking, using the default settings of 90 days and eight passwords retained, respectively:

switch(config)# password configuration aging
switch(config)# password configuration history

See Also

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=a00056155en_us

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(e)

Plugin: ArubaOS

Control ID: 102561dfc270a58f1968cd99809d6adcaee63d293cd8a6939565c6effd17e57b