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Configuring SSH – disable null passwords – ‘PermitEmptyPasswords = no’

Details

Checking that /etc/ssh/sshd_config has been edited to disallow authenticating users with null passwords.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Identification and Authentication.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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