UCF STIG Viewer Logo

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


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-766 GEN000460 SV-39815r1_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
Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2014-06-27

Details

Check Text ( None )
None
Fix Text (F-33972r1_fix)
Set RETRIES to 3 in the /etc/default/login file.
#vi /etc/default/login

Set LOCK_AFTER_RETRIES to YES in the /etc/security/policy.conf file.
#vi /etc/security/policy.conf