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Assessment Title
Rule Text
The Photon operating system must persist lockouts between system reboots.
Description
Discussion Text
By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.
By default, account lockout information is stored under /var/run/faillock and is not persistent between reboots.
By default, account lockout information is stored under /var/run/faillock and is not persistent between reboots.
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