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ONTAP must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive failed logon attempts.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID
SV-246931r877996_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Use the command "security login role config show" to get a list of roles.

For each role, use the command "security login role config show -vserver <vserver_name> -role <role_name>" to view the password requirements for each role. 

For any role that does not have "Maximum Number of Failed Attempts" set to "3", use the command "security login role config modify -role <role_name> -vserver <vserver_name>  -max-failed-login-attempts 3".