Appendix P Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection - ZyXEL Communications ZYWALL2 ET 2WE User Manual

The following describes the commands for enabling, disabling and configuring the brute-force password
guessing protection mechanism for the password. See the
Interpreter appendix for information on the command structure.
Chart P-1 Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection Commands
COMMAND
sys pwderrtm
sys pwderrtm 0
sys pwderrtm N
Example
sys pwderrtm 5
Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection
Brute-Force Password Guessing
This command displays the brute-force guessing password protection settings.
This command turns off the password's protection from brute-force guessing.
The brute-force password guessing protection is turned off by default.
This command sets the password protection to block all access attempts for N
(a number from 1 to 60) minutes after the third time an incorrect password is
entered.
This command sets the password protection to block all access attempts for five
minutes after the third time an incorrect password is entered.
ZyWALL 2 Series User's Guide
Appendix P
Protection
DESCRIPTION
Command
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