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V-69177

CAT II (Medium)

The NSX vCenter must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

Rule ID

SV-83781r1_rule

STIG

VMware NSX Manager Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000200

Discussion

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. To meet password policy requirements, passwords need to be changed at specific policy-based intervals. If the network device allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements.

Check Content

From the vSphere Web Client, go to Administration >> Single Sign-On >> Configuration >> Policies >> Password Policy. 

View the value of the "Restrict reuse" setting. 

If the "Restrict reuse" policy is not set to "5" or more, this is a finding.

Fix Text

From the vSphere Web Client, go to Administration >> Single Sign-On >> Configuration >> Policies >> Password Policy.

Click "Edit" and enter "5" into the "Restrict reuse" setting. Click "OK".