VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The Photon operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access privileges occur.
The changing of file permissions could indicate that a user is attempting to gain access to information that would otherwise be disallowed. Auditing DAC modifications can facilitate the identificat...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037
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SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038
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The Photon operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase 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-000071-GPOS-00039
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The Photon 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-GPOS-00040
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SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041
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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-GPOS-00042
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The Photon operating system must not have the telnet package installed.
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-000075-GPOS-00043
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The Photon operating system must enforce one day as the minimum password 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 systems must enforce a 90-day maximum password lifetime restriction.
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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The Photon operating system must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. If the information system or application allows the user...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046
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SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
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The Photon operating system must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.
If the system does not require authentication before it boots into single-user mode, anyone with console access to the system can trivially access all files on the system. GRUB2 is the boot loader ...Rule Medium Severity
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