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1.89 UBTU-24-400320

Information

The operating system must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

GROUP ID: V-270732
RULE ID: SV-270732r1066685

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 effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the

Solution

Configure the operating system to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Add or modify the following line in the "/etc/security/pwquality.conf" file:

minlen = 15

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22775

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000205, CCI|CCI-004066, CSCv7|4.4, Rule-ID|SV-270732r1066685_rule, STIG-ID|UBTU-24-400320, Vuln-ID|V-270732

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: ef3f76125729cdefcf1d6c7c6b6800424b3f1f91e5f7884842f9d81db771757e