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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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