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

From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: IAIA-2, IAIA-1

Associated with: CCI-000205

SV-37261r1_rule The system must enforce compliance of the entire password during authentification.

Vulnerability discussion

Some common password hashing schemes only process the first eight characters of a user's password, which reduces the effective strength of the password.

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Change the passwords for all accounts using non-compliant password hashes. (This requires GEN000590 is already met.)

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