The system must require passwords contain at least one special character.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-11973	GEN000640	SV-38246r1_rule	IAIA-1 IAIA-2	Medium

Description
To enforce the use of complex passwords, minimum numbers of characters of different classes are mandated. The use of complex passwords reduces the ability of attackers to successfully obtain valid passwords using guessing or exhaustive search techniques. Complexity requirements increase the password search space by requiring users to construct passwords from a larger character set than they may otherwise use.

Description

To enforce the use of complex passwords, minimum numbers of characters of different classes are mandated. The use of complex passwords reduces the ability of attackers to successfully obtain valid passwords using guessing or exhaustive search techniques. Complexity requirements increase the password search space by requiring users to construct passwords from a larger character set than they may otherwise use.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2012-05-25

Details

Check Text ( C-36286r1_chk )
Check the PASSWORD_MIN_SPECIAL_CHARS setting. # grep PASSWORD_MIN_SPECIAL_CHARS /etc/default/security If PASSWORD_MIN_SPECIAL_CHARS is less than 1, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31543r1_fix)
Edit /etc/default/security and set PASSWORD_MIN_SPECIAL_CHARS to 1.