F5BI-DM-000115 - If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the BIG-IP appliance must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

Information

Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks.

Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure the BIG-IP appliance to use a properly configured authentication server to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_F5_BIG-IP_Y24M01_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(a), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000194, Rule-ID|SV-217401r879605_rule, STIG-ID|F5BI-DM-000115, STIG-Legacy|SV-74681, STIG-Legacy|V-60251, Vuln-ID|V-217401

Plugin: F5

Control ID: bf2a93e4587ada0383474d5edd84114ed29efa5a9fe2aa200f43c3c044e75224