III - Administrative Sensitive
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042
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AIX root passwords must never be passed over a network in clear text form.
<VulnDiscussion>Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
AIX Operating systems must enforce 24 hours/1 day as the minimum password lifetime.
<VulnDiscussion>Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enfo...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
AIX Operating systems must enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.
<VulnDiscussion>Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If the ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000077-GPOS-00045
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
AIX must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
<VulnDiscussion>Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046
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AIX must use Loadable Password Algorithm (LPA) password hashing algorithm.
<VulnDiscussion>The default legacy password hashing algorithm, crypt(), uses only the first 8 characters from the password string, meaning th...Rule High Severity
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