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AIX must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

If the operating system allows the user to select passwords based on dictionary words, then this increases the chances of password compromise by increasing the opportunity for successful guesses and brute-force attacks.

ID
SV-215229r991587_rule
Version
AIX7-00-001132
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

From the command prompt, run the following command to set "dictionlist" attribute for the default stanza in "/etc/security/user":
# chsec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a dictionlist="/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English"

From the command prompt, run the following command to set "dictionlist" attribute for users who have an empty "dictionlist" attribute:
# chsec -f /etc/security/user -s [user_name] -a dictionlist="/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English"