Chapter 14 Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection - ZyXEL Communications ZyWall 10 Reference 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 14-1 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.
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