Skip to content

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • RHEL 8 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

    <VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 8 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000071-GPOS-00039

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 8 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 8 must require the maximum number of repeating characters of the same character class be limited to four when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 8 must require the maximum number of repeating characters be limited to three when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

Capacity
Modules