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

From HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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

Associated with: CCI-000044

SV-38445r1_rule The system must disable accounts after three consecutive unsuccessful login attempts.

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Disabling accounts after a limited number of unsuccessful login attempts improves protection against password guessing attacks.

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SMH is installed with defaults. Modify the env variables and tag values using the HP-SMH. Locate and set the number of login tries to 3.

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