The HPE Nimble must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts, after which time it must block any login attempt for 15 minutes.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-252187 | SRG-APP-000065-NDM-000214 | HPEN-NM-000020 | SV-252187r960840_rule | 2024-06-20 | 2 |
| Description |
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| By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Type "userpolicy --info" and review output for line: "Number of authentication attempts". If the value is 2 or less, this is not a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Type "userpolicy --edit --allowed_attempts 2". |