ANSSI-BP-028 (enhanced)
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Protect Accounts by Configuring PAM
PAM, or Pluggable Authentication Modules, is a system which implements modular authentication for Linux programs. PAM provides a flexible and configurable architecture for authentication, and it sh...Group -
Set Up a Private Namespace in PAM Configuration
To setup a private namespace add the following line to/etc/pam.d/login
:session required pam_namespace.so
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Set Lockouts for Failed Password Attempts
The <code>pam_faillock</code> PAM module provides the capability to lock out user accounts after a number of failed login attempts. Its documentation is available in <code>/usr/share/doc/pam-VERSIO...Group -
Limit Password Reuse
Do not allow users to reuse recent passwords. This can be accomplished by using theremember
option for thepam_unix
orpam_pwhistory
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Set Deny For Failed Password Attempts
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 operating system must lock an account after - at most - <xccdf-1.2:sub xmlns:xccdf-1.2="http://checklists.nist.gov/xccdf/1.2" idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure the root Account lock for Failed Password Attempts via pam_tally2
This rule configures the system to lock out theroot
account after a number of incorrect login attempts usingpam_tally2.so
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Set Lockout Time for Failed Password Attempts using pam_tally2
This rule configures the system to lock out accounts during a specified time period after a number of incorrect login attempts usingpam_tally2.so
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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 passwords are not similar to dictionary words, are of...Group -
Set Password Quality Requirements, if using pam_cracklib
The <code>pam_cracklib</code> PAM module can be configured to meet requirements for a variety of policies. <br> <br> For example, to configure <code>pam_cracklib</code> to require at least...Group -
Set Password Strength Minimum Digit Characters
The pam_cracklib module's <code>dcredit</code> parameter controls requirements for usage of digits in a password. When set to a negative number, any password will be required to contain that many d...Rule Medium Severity
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