Skip to content

I - Mission Critical Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000071-GPOS-00039

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

    Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resistin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must require the change of at least eight characters when passwords are changed.

    If the operating system allows the user to consecutively reuse extensive portions of passwords, this increases the chances of password compromise by increasing the window of opportunity for attemp...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

    Group
  • The operating system must store only encrypted representations of passwords.

    Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are not encrypted, they can be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily c...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must not have the telnet package installed.

    Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are not encrypted, they can be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily c...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must enforce one day as the minimum password lifetime.

    Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforcement requirement. If users are allowed to immediately and continually...
    Rule Medium Severity

The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

Capacity
Modules