The operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-56691	SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038	SV-70951r1_rule		Medium

Description
Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.

Description

Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.

STIG	Date
General Purpose Operating System SRG	2014-12-17

Details

Check Text ( C-57261r1_chk )
Verify the operating system enforces password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61587r1_fix)
Configure the operating system to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used.