Major Hayden 6bc192d0b9 V-3857{4,6,7}: Password hashing algorithms
Change-Id: If7437d65b1a9a1025f2d71d4a7cd3896e6e99746
2015-10-29 10:18:11 -05:00

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The STIG requires SHA512 to be used for hashing password since it is in the list of FIPS 140-2 approved hashing algorithms. This is also the default in Ubuntu 14.04.

The Ansible tasks will verify that the secure default is still set in /etc/login.defs. If it has been altered, the playbook will fail and display an error.

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