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Citrix ADC – System Parameters – Strong Password

Details

After enabling strong password (enableall / enablelocal – not included in exclude list), all the passwords / sensitive information must have – Atleast 1 Lower case character, Atleast 1 Upper case character, Atleast 1 numeric character, Atleast 1 special character ( ~, `, !, @, #, $, %, ^, ;, *, -, _, =, +, {, }, [, ], |, , :, <, >, /, ., ,, ” “). Exclude list in case of enablelocal is – NS_FIPS, NS_CRL, NS_RSAKEY, NS_PKCS12, NS_PKCS8, NS_LDAP, NS_TACACS, NS_TACACSACTION, NS_RADIUS, NS_RADIUSACTION, NS_ENCRYPTION_PARAMS. So no Strong Password checks will be performed on these ObjectType commands for enablelocal case.

Solution

Configuration > System > Settings > Change Global System Settings > Password

Update the value to Enable All or Enable Local.

Default value: disabled

Possible values = enableall, enablelocal, disabled

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Identification and Authentication.This control applies to the following type of system Citrix_Application_Delivery.

References

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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