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2.4.2 Emergency Console Access

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Authentication for administrative access to the device should be required at all times. A single account should be created on the device's local database for use in an emergency such as when the authentication server is down or connectivity between the device and the authentication server is not operable. The console or emergency account logon credentials should be stored in a secure location. SHA512 password hash should always be used and is the default in EOS.

Console access should be available even if authentication servers are down or unreachable, but should not be accessible without authentication or with simple passwords.

Solution

switch(config-mgmt-defaults)#username admin privilege 15 role network-admin secret ?
 0 Specify an UNENCRYPTED password will follow
 5 Specify an ENCRYPTED MD5 password will follow
 LINE The UNENCRYPTED (cleartext) password
 sha512 Specifies an ENCRYPTED SHA512 password will follow
 * Specify a password that cannot be used to login

switch(config-mgmt-defaults)#username admin privilege 15 role network-admin secret <password>
switch(config)#

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/25683

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6(1)

Plugin: Arista

Control ID: 35956e1b5016ec6d5bbe93efdf047afc68df2b9ca89f2cb747f5ec91f9ca6f54