HP-UX Security Features - OpenMPE

HP-UX Trusted Mode Security
• Boot authentication provides that only authenticated and
authorized users can access the system in its
maintenance ‘single-user’mode
(now available in Standard Mode)
• Encrypted password protection (~Shadow Password)
− Encrypted passwords are not stored in the publicly readable
/etc/passwd
• Long Password
− A longer password, containing an increased amount of complexity
also known as entropy, is harder to crack than a short password
• Password Complexity checking (password length, etc)
• Password History
• Password Policy (expiration time, etc)
Host Security – Products and Features
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