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Linux: Lockout for failed authentication attempts
Information
Severity
Severity
Informational
Family
Family
Policy
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
0.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:N
Created
Created
4 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
The lockout for failed password attempts can be set in two modules: - pam_tally2: The login counter (tallying) module - pam_faillock: Module counting authentication failures during a specified interval Use the deny=n option to deny access if the number of consecutive authentication failures for this user during the recent interval exceeds n.