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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Fedora

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Set Password Hashing Algorithm

    The system's default algorithm for storing password hashes in /etc/shadow is SHA-512. This can be configured in several locations.
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  • Configure the root Account for Failed Password Attempts

    This rule configures the system to lock out the <code>root</code> account after a number of incorrect login attempts using <code>pam_faillock.so</code>. pam_faillock.so module requires multiple en...
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  • Lock Accounts Must Persist

    This rule ensures that the system lock out accounts using <code>pam_faillock.so</code> persist after system reboot. From "pam_faillock" man pages: <pre>Note that the default directory that "pam_fai...
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  • Enforce pam_faillock for Local Accounts Only

    The pam_faillock module's <code>local_users_only</code> parameter controls requirements for enforcing failed lockout attempts only for local user accounts and ignoring centralized user account mana...
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  • Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts

    Utilizing <code>pam_faillock.so</code>, the <code>fail_interval</code> directive configures the system to lock out an account after a number of incorrect login attempts within a specified time peri...
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  • Set Password Quality Requirements

    The default <code>pam_pwquality</code> PAM module provides strength checking for passwords. It performs a number of checks, such as making sure passwords are not similar to dictionary words, are of...
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  • dcredit

    Minimum number of digits in password
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  • dictcheck

    Prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.
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  • difok

    Minimum number of characters not present in old password
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  • lcredit

    Minimum number of lower case in password
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  • maxclassrepeat

    Maximum Number of Consecutive Repeating Characters in a Password From the Same Character Class
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  • maxrepeat

    Maximum Number of Consecutive Repeating Characters in a Password
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  • minclass

    Minimum number of categories of characters that must exist in a password
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  • minlen

    Minimum number of characters in password
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  • ocredit

    Minimum number of other (special characters) in password
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  • retry

    Number of retry attempts before erroring out
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  • ucredit

    Minimum number of upper case in password
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  • Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Digit Characters

    The pam_pwquality module's <code>dcredit</code> parameter controls requirements for usage of digits in a password. When set to a negative number, any password will be required to contain that many ...
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  • Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Prevent the Use of Dictionary Words

    The pam_pwquality module's dictcheck check if passwords contains dictionary words. When dictcheck is set to 1 passwords will be checked for dictionary words.
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  • Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Enforce for Local Accounts Only

    The pam_pwquality module's <code>local_users_only</code> parameter controls requirements for enforcing password complexity by pam_pwquality only for local user accounts and ignoring centralized use...
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