The system must require passwords to contain at least one uppercase alphabetic character.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Complex passwords can reduce the likelihood of success of automated password-guessing attacks.
- ID
- SV-216327r1016272_rule
- Version
- SOL-11.1-040070
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
The root role is required.
# pfedit /etc/default/passwd
Locate the line containing:
MINUPPER