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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • 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

    Group
  • 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

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

    The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectivene...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    Group

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