Fips Compliance - HP 5500 HI Series Configuration Manual

Depending on the system security requirements, you can set the minimum number of character
types a password must contain and the minimum number of characters that are from each type in
the password.
There are four password combination levels in non-FIPS mode: 1, 2, 3, and 4, each representing
the number of character types that a password must at least contain. Level 1 means that a
password must contain characters of one type, level 2 at least two types, and so on.
In FIPS mode, a password must contain four types of characters and each type contains at least
one character.
When a user sets or changes the password, the system checks if the password meets the
composition requirement. If not, the system displays an error message.
• Password complexity checking
A less complicated password such as a password containing the username or repeated characters
is more likely to be cracked. For higher security, you can configure a password complexity
checking policy to make sure that all user passwords are relatively complicated. With such a
policy configured, when a user configures a password, the system checks the complexity of the
password. If the password is complexity-incompliant, the system refuses the password and
displays a password configuration failure message.
You can impose the following password complexity requirements:
A password cannot contain the username or the reverse of the username. For example, if the
username is abc, a password such as abc982 or 2cba is weak.
No character of the password is repeated three or more times consecutively. For example,
password a1 1 1 is weak.
• Password display in the form of a string of asterisks (*)
For the sake of security, the password a user enters is displayed in the form of a string of asterisks
(*).
Authentication timeout management
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The authentication period is from when the server obtains the username to when the server finishes
authenticating the user's password. If a Telnet user fails to log in within the configured period of
time, the system tears down the connection.
Maximum account idle time
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You can set the maximum account idle time to make accounts staying idle for this period of time
become invalid and unable to log in again. For example, if you set the maximum account idle time
to 60 days and user using the account test has never logged in successfully within 60 days after
the last successful login, the account becomes invalid.
Logging
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The system logs all successful password changing events and the events of adding users to the
password control blacklist.

FIPS compliance

The device supports the FIPS mode that complies with NIST FIPS 140-2 requirements. Support for features,
commands, and parameters might differ in FIPS mode (see "Configuring
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FIPS") and non-FIPS mode.