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SYMP-NM-000250 – Symantec ProxySG must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length for local accounts.

Details

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.

Solution

In order to set the minimum password length 15 characters.

1. Log on to the Symantec ProxySG SSH CLI.
2. Type ‘enable’, enter the enable password.
3. Type ‘configure’ and press ‘Enter’.
4. Type ‘security password-min-len 15’ and press ‘Enter’.

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 BlueCoat.

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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