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1.82 SOL-11.1-040110

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-216096RULE ID: SV-216096r959010

Complex passwords can reduce the likelihood of success of automated password-guessing attacks.

Solution

The root role is required.pfedit /etc/default/passwd

Locate the line containing:

MAXREPEATS

Change the line to read:

MAXREPEATS=3

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23873

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216096r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-040110, Vuln-ID|V-216096

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: fe9efb8efe9fef0d5d8a7b674482ebdb870cb0bda8c7b98fefd3ee1f1fc158fa