II - Mission Support Public
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044
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The Photon operating systems must enforce a 90-day maximum password lifetime restriction.
Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If the operating system does not limit the lifetime of passwords and force user...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000077-GPOS-00045
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The Photon operating system must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. If the information system or application allows the user...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046
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The Photon operating system must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectivene...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
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The Photon operating system must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.
If the system does not require authentication before it boots into single-user mode, anyone with console access to the system can trivially access all files on the system. GRUB2 is the boot loader ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The Photon operating system must disable unnecessary kernel modules.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule Medium Severity
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