Appendix Q Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection - ZyXEL Communications ZyWALL 5 User Manual

The following describes the commands for enabling, disabling and configuring the brute-force
password guessing protection mechanism for the password. See the Command Interpreter appendix
for information on the command structure.
Chart Q-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 5 Internet Security Appliance
Appendix Q
Protection
DESCRIPTION
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