The Juniper router must be configured to use an authentication server for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.

From Juniper Router NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

JUNI-ND-001360_rule The Juniper router must be configured to use an authentication server for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.

Vulnerability discussion

Centralized management of authentication settings increases the security of remote and nonlocal access methods. This control is particularly important protection against the insider threat. With robust centralized management, audit records for administrator account access to the organization's network devices can be more readily analyzed for trends and anomalies. The alternative method of defining administrator accounts on each device exposes the device configuration to remote access authentication attacks and system administrators with multiple authenticators for each network device.

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Review the router configuration to verify that the device is configured to use an authentication server as primary source for authentication as shown in the following example: system { authentication-order [radius password]; } radius-server { x.x.x.x secret "$9$xYW-dsq.5zF/wYnC"; ## SECRET-DATA } If the router is not configured to use an authentication server for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access, this is a finding.

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Step 1: Configure the authentication server as shown in the following example: [edit system] set radius-server x.x.x.x secret xxxxxxxxx Step 2: Configure the authentication order to use the authentication server as primary source for authentication as shown in the following example: set authentication-order [radius password]

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