ONTAP must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-246951 | NAOT-IA-000005 | SV-246951r1015270_rule | CCI-004066 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| NetApp ONTAP DSC 9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-22 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-246951r1015270_chk)
Use "security login role config show -role admin -fields passwd-minlength" to see the minimum password length for the role admin.
If ONTAP is not configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-50337r945869_fix)
Configure the minimum password length for the role admin to 15 with "security login role config modify -vserver <vserver name> -role admin -passwd-minlength 15".