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

From Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001619

SV-60863r1_rule The system must require passwords to contain at least one special character.

Vulnerability discussion

Complex passwords can reduce the likelihood of success of automated password-guessing attacks.

Check content

Check the MINSPECIAL setting. # grep ^MINSPECIAL /etc/default/passwd If the MINSPECIAL setting is less than 1, this is a finding.

Fix text

The root role is required. # pfedit /etc/default/passwd a Locate the line containing: MINSPECIAL Change the line to read: MINSPECIAL=1

Pro Tips

Lavender hyperlinks in small type off to the right (of CSS class id, if you view the page source) point to globally unique URIs for each document and item. Copy the link location and paste anywhere you need to talk unambiguously about these things.

You can obtain data about documents and items in other formats. Simply provide an HTTP header Accept: text/turtle or Accept: application/rdf+xml.