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The system must disable accounts after three consecutive unsuccessful login attempts.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-766 GEN000460 SV-38445r1_rule ECLO-1 ECLO-2 Medium
Description
Disabling accounts after a limited number of unsuccessful login attempts improves protection against password guessing attacks.
STIG Date
HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-10-17

Details

Check Text ( None )
None
Fix Text (F-31506r1_fix)
SMH is installed with defaults. Modify the env variables and tag values using the HP-SMH.

Locate and set the number of login tries to 3.