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DISA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 STIG V3R5

DISA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 STIG V3R5

RHEL-07-010170 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that when passwords are changed a minimum of four character classes must be changed.
Details Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity,...
RHEL-07-010180 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that when passwords are changed the number of repeating consecutive characters must not be more than three characters.
Details Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity,...
RHEL-07-010190 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that when passwords are changed the number of repeating characters of the same character class must not be more than four characters.
Details Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity,...
RHEL-07-010200 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that the PAM system service is configured to store only encrypted representations of passwords.
Details Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords...
RHEL-07-010210 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured to use the shadow file to store only encrypted representations of passwords.
Details Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords...
RHEL-07-010220 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that user and group account administration utilities are configured to store only encrypted representations of passwords.
Details Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords...
RHEL-07-010118 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that /etc/pam.d/passwd implements /etc/pam.d/system-auth when changing passwords.
Details Pluggable authentication modules (PAM) allow for a modular approach to integrating authentication methods. PAM operates in a top-down processing...

DISA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 STIG V3R5

RHEL-07-010170 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that when passwords are changed a minimum of four character classes must be changed.

RHEL-07-010180 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that when passwords are changed the number of repeating consecutive characters must not be more than three characters.

RHEL-07-010190 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that when passwords are changed the number of repeating characters of the same character class must not be more than four characters.

RHEL-07-010200 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that the PAM system service is configured to store only encrypted representations of passwords.

RHEL-07-010210 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured to use the shadow file to store only encrypted representations of passwords.

RHEL-07-010220 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that user and group account administration utilities are configured to store only encrypted representations of passwords.

RHEL-07-010118 – The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that /etc/pam.d/passwd implements /etc/pam.d/system-auth when changing passwords.