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III - Administrative Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • 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-000078-GPOS-00046

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    Group
  • AIX must use Loadable Password Algorithm (LPA) password hashing algorithm.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The default legacy password hashing algorithm, crypt(), uses only the first 8 characters from the password string, meaning th...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AIX must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is comprom...
    Rule High Severity

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