The system must prohibit the reuse of passwords within five iterations.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-4084	GEN000800	SV-4084r2_rule	IAIA-1 IAIA-2	Medium

Description
If a user, or root, used the same password continuously or was allowed to change it back shortly after being forced to change it to something else, it would provide a potential intruder with the opportunity to keep guessing at one user's password until it was guessed correctly.

STIG	Date
VMware ESX 3 Server	2016-05-13

Details

Check Text ( C-1670r2_chk )
Verify the system is configured to prohibit the reuse of passwords within five iterations.

Fix Text (F-4017r2_fix)
Configure the system to prohibit the reuse of passwords within five iterations.