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The system must enforce compliance of the entire password during authentification.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22302 GEN000585 SV-37261r1_rule IAIA-1 IAIA-2 Medium
Description
Some common password hashing schemes only process the first eight characters of a user's password, which reduces the effective strength of the password.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2014-07-02

Details

Check Text ( None )
None
Fix Text (F-31207r1_fix)
Change the passwords for all accounts using non-compliant password hashes.

(This requires GEN000590 is already met.)