The Google Search Appliance must support DoD requirements to enforce minimum password length.

From Google Search Appliance Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000205

SV-75225r1_rule The Google Search Appliance must support DoD requirements to enforce minimum password length.

Vulnerability discussion

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 is, 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.

Check content

Open the GSA Web Admin Console at https::8443. Login to the GSA management interface. Navigate to "Administration", select "User Accounts". Under "Other Settings" - If "Use strict password checking" is checked, this is not a finding.

Fix text

Open the GSA Web Admin Console at https::8443. Login to the GSA management interface. Navigate to "Administration", select "User Accounts". Under "Other Settings" - Enable option "Use strict password checking". Click Save.

Pro Tips

Lavender hyperlinks in small type off to the right (of CSS class id, if you view the page source) point to globally unique URIs for each document and item. Copy the link location and paste anywhere you need to talk unambiguously about these things.

You can obtain data about documents and items in other formats. Simply provide an HTTP header Accept: text/turtle or Accept: application/rdf+xml.