The Photon operating system must enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt in login.defs.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Limiting the number of logon attempts over a certain time interval reduces the chances that an unauthorized user may gain access to an account.
- ID
- SV-258854r991588_rule
- Version
- PHTN-40-000185
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Navigate to and open:
/etc/login.defs
Add or update the following line:
FAIL_DELAY 4