IA-5(13) Expiration of Cached Authenticators
Control enhancement of IA-5 Authenticator Management
Control
Prohibit the use of cached authenticators after [Assignment: time period].
Discussion
Cached authenticators are used to authenticate to the local machine when the network is not available. If cached authentication information is out of date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable.
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