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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

  • The Photon operating system must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.

    <VulnDiscussion>If the operating system allows the user to select passwords based on dictionary words, then this increases the chances of pas...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00226

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Photon operating system must enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt in login.defs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Limiting the number of logon attempts over a certain time interval reduces the chances that an unauthorized user may gain acc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Photon operating system must ensure audit events are flushed to disk at proper intervals.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events r...
    Rule Medium Severity

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