The Photon operating system must enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt in login.defs.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-258854 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00226 | PHTN-40-000185 | SV-258854r991588_rule | 2024-07-11 | 2 |
| Description |
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| Limiting the number of logon attempts over a certain time interval reduces the chances that an unauthorized user may gain access to an account. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| At the command line, run the following command to verify a four second delay is configured between logon attempts: # grep '^FAIL_DELAY' /etc/login.defs Example result: FAIL_DELAY 4 If the "FAIL_DELAY" option is not set to 4 or more, is missing or commented out, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Navigate to and open: /etc/login.defs Add or update the following line: FAIL_DELAY 4 |