Weak Password Alarm

acWeakPasswordAlarm

Alarm

acWeakPasswordAlarm

OID

1.3.6.1.4.1.5003.9.10.1.21.2.0.156

Description

The alarm is sent upon any of the following scenarios:

■ A user in the Local Users table is configured with a weak password, according to the Weak Passwords List table. The Weak Passwords feature is enabled by the 'Check Weak Passwords' parameter.
■ A user in the Local Users table is configured with a username and password that are identical.

Default Severity

Major

Source Varbind Text

WebUsers#X (where X is the row index of the user in the Local Users table)

Event Type

securityServiceOrMechanismViolation

Probable Cause

Weak Password

Alarm Severity

Condition

Text

Corrective Action

Major

A user is configured with a weak password.

"User <username> has weak password"

Configure the user with a strong password.

A user is configured with a username and password that are identical.

"User <username> has weak password"

Configure the user with a password and username that are different.

Cleared

The user’s password is no longer weak (or the user has been deleted in the Local Users table).

-

-

The user is configured with a username and password that are different.

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