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Nutanix AOS must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.

ID
SV-254210r846718_rule
Version
NUTX-OS-001250
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the complex password requirements by running the following command:

$ sudo salt-call state.sls security/CVM/pamCVM