TOSS must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If TOSS 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-253096r991587_rule
- Version
- TOSS-04-040540
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure TOSS to prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.
Add or update the following line in the "/etc/security/pwquality.conf" file or a configuration file in the /etc/pwquality.conf.d/ directory to contain the "dictcheck" parameter:
dictcheck=1