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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000078

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  • User passwords must be at least 15 characters in length.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute-force attac...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000077

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    Group
  • Users must not reuse the last 5 passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute-force attac...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072

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  • The system must require at least eight characters be changed between the old and new passwords during a password change.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure password changes are effective in their goals, the system must ensure old and new passwords have significant differ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000069

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    Group
  • The system must require passwords to contain at least one uppercase alphabetic character.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Complex passwords can reduce the likelihood of success of automated password-guessing attacks.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fals...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000070

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    Group
  • The operating system must enforce password complexity requiring that at least one lowercase character is used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Complex passwords can reduce the likelihood of success of automated password-guessing attacks.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fals...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000071

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    Group
  • The system must require passwords to contain at least one numeric character.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Complex passwords can reduce the likelihood of success of automated password-guessing attacks.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fals...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000266

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    Group
  • The system must require passwords to contain at least one special character.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Complex passwords can reduce the likelihood of success of automated password-guessing attacks.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fals...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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    Group
  • The system must require passwords to contain no more than three consecutive repeating characters.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Complex passwords can reduce the likelihood of success of automated password-guessing attacks.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fals...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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    Group
  • The system must not have accounts configured with blank or null passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Complex passwords can reduce the likelihood of success of automated password-guessing attacks.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fals...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073

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  • Systems must employ cryptographic hashes for passwords using the SHA-2 family of algorithms or FIPS 140-2 approved successors.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Cryptographic hashes provide quick password authentication while not actually storing the password.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt...
    Rule Medium Severity

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