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General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The operating system must map the authenticated identity to the user or group account for PKI-based authentication.

    Without mapping the certificate used to authenticate to the user account, the ability to determine the identity of the individual user or group will not be available for forensic analysis.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000069

    Group
  • The operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

    Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resistin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000070

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000071

    Group
  • The operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

    Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resistin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000073

    Group
  • The operating system must store only encrypted representations of passwords.

    Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are not encrypted, they can be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily c...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000074

    Group

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