feat: enhance password complexity requirements to NIST SP 800-63B

Enforce 14+ character minimum, require all character classes (uppercase, lowercase, digit, special), prevent common patterns, check against dictionary and bad words, and apply to all users including root.

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2026-01-29 10:00:07 -05:00
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commit ad23d12eda

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@@ -61,19 +61,41 @@ configure_password_policy() {
local output_file="${1:-/etc/security/pwquality.conf}"
cat >"$output_file" <<'EOF'
# Password quality requirements
# KNEL-Football Password Quality Requirements (MANDATORY for tier0 security)
# Reference: NIST SP 800-63B, CIS Benchmarks for Debian
# All passwords/passphrases must meet these strict requirements
# Minimum length: 14 characters (strongly recommended: 20+ characters)
minlen = 14
dcredit = -1
ucredit = -1
lcredit = -1
ocredit = -1
difok = 4
maxrepeat = 3
usercheck = 1
dictcheck = 1
# Minimum requirements (negative values = mandatory minimum counts)
dcredit = -1 # Require at least 1 digit (0-9)
ucredit = -1 # Require at least 1 uppercase letter (A-Z)
lcredit = -1 # Require at least 1 lowercase letter (a-z)
ocredit = -1 # Require at least 1 special character (!@#$%^&*)
# Additional complexity requirements
difok = 4 # Require at least 4 characters different from old password
maxrepeat = 2 # Max 2 consecutive identical characters
maxclassrepeat = 2 # Max 2 consecutive characters from same class
maxsequence = 2 # Max 2 monotonic character sequences (e.g., 123, abc)
# Security checks (all enabled)
usercheck = 1 # Check if password contains username
dictcheck = 1 # Check against common dictionary words
gecoscheck = 1 # Check against GECOS field information
enforcing = 1 # Reject weak passwords (for all users including root)
# Reject common weak patterns
badwords = password secret admin root knel football tier0 12345 qwerty
# Additional restrictions
minclass = 3 # Require at least 3 of 4 character classes
# Classes: digits, uppercase, lowercase, other characters
EOF
echo "Password policy configured at $output_file"
echo "Requirements: 14+ chars, 1 uppercase, 1 lowercase, 1 digit, 1 special char"
}
# Function to configure system limits