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PHTN-40-000004 - The Photon operating system must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during a 15-minute time period.
Information
By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.Solution
Navigate to and open:/etc/security/faillock.conf
Add or update the following lines:
deny = 3
fail_interval = 900
Note: On vCenter appliances, the equivalent file must be edited under "/etc/applmgmt/appliance", if one exists, for the changes to persist after a reboot.
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_8-0_Y24M08_STIG.zip
Item Details
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000044, Rule-ID|SV-258802r958388_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-40-000004, Vuln-ID|V-258802
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: f96ff6a3c4c09a78cdeedfd80398e4f17f5196c3b7085a62d84919dc65ba08ec