VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040
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The Photon operating system must require that new passwords are at least four characters different from the old password.
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-000073-GPOS-00041
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SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042
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The Photon operating system must use an OpenSSH server version that does not support protocol 1.
A replay attack may enable an unauthorized user to gain access to the operating system. Authentication sessions between the authenticator and the operating system validating the user credentials mu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043
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The Photon operating system must be configured so that passwords for new users are restricted to a 24-hour minimum lifetime.
Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforcement requirement. If users are allowed to immediately and continually...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044
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The Photon operating system must be configured so that passwords for new users are restricted to a 90-day maximum lifetime.
Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If the operating system does not limit the lifetime of passwords and force user...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000077-GPOS-00045
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