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CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Benchmark for Level 2 - Server

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  • Set Password Quality Requirements

    The default <code>pam_pwquality</code> PAM module provides strength checking for passwords. It performs a number of checks, such as making sure pas...
    Group
  • Set Password Quality Requirements with pam_pwquality

    The <code>pam_pwquality</code> PAM module can be configured to meet requirements for a variety of policies. <br><br> For example, to configure <cod...
    Group
  • Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Different Characters

    The pam_pwquality module's <code>difok</code> parameter sets the number of characters in a password that must not be present in and old password du...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Set Password Maximum Consecutive Repeating Characters

    The pam_pwquality module's <code>maxrepeat</code> parameter controls requirements for consecutive repeating characters. When set to a positive numb...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Different Categories

    The pam_pwquality module's <code>minclass</code> parameter controls requirements for usage of different character classes, or types, of character t...
    Rule Medium Severity

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