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The STIG requires SHA512 to be used for hashing password since it is
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in the list of FIPS 140-2 approved hashing algorithms. This is also the
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default in Ubuntu 14.04.
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The Ansible tasks will verify that the secure default is still set in
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``/etc/login.defs``. If it has been altered, the playbook will fail
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and display an error.
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Further reading:
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* `FIPS 140-2 on Wikipedia`_
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* `FIPS 140-2 from NIST`_
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.. _FIPS 140-2 on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS_140-2
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.. _FIPS 140-2 from NIST: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/standards.html
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