Local Password Requirements - Polycom DMA 7000 Operation Manual

Local Password Requirements

Local Password Requirements
Polycom, Inc.
See also:
"Management and Security Overview"
"Certificate Management"
"Certificate Procedures"
"Security Configuration"
"Local Password Requirements"
"Local Account Configuration"
"Login Banner" on page 39
The Local Password Requirements page lets you increase system security by
specifying age, length, and complexity requirements for the passwords of local
administrator, auditor, and provisioner users. These rules don't apply to
conferencing users' conference and chairperson passcodes, or to enterprise
directory users.
The following table describes the fields on the Local Password Requirements
page.
Table 3-7 Fields on the Local Password Requirements page
Field
Password Management
Maximum password
age (days)
Minimum password age
(days)
Minimum length
Minimum changed
characters
Reject previous
passwords
Password Complexity
Allow username or its
reverse form
Lowercase letters
on page 19
on page 23
on page 26
on page 32
on page 37
on page 38
Description
Specify at what age a password expires.
Specify how frequently a password can be changed.
Specify the number of characters a password must
contain.
Specify the number of characters that must be different
from the previous password.
Specify how many of the user's previous passwords the
system remembers and won't permit to be reused.
Turns off the protection against a password containing
the user's login name or its reverse.
Specify the number of lowercase letters (a-z) that a
password must contain.
System Security
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