Password Management - Nortel NTRN10AN Planning Manual

Figure 2-42
Logical flow of intrusion attempt handling
Login
Denied

Password management

Password restrictions
For the OPTera Metro 3500 network element, use a password identifier (PID)
to activate a user login session to the user-ID (UID) specified, or to change the
current PID. The PID is a confidential code to qualify the authorized system
user's access to the account specified by a UID. PIDs are between 8 and 10
characters in length with a combination of alphanumeric (A-Z, 0-9) and
special characters. The following special characters are supported for the
password:
See
The following characters are not supported for the PID:
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Operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) features 2-135
Login Attempt
Is Port
Locked Out ?
No
Is
Login Valid ?
No
Increment Login Counter
Is
Counter at Max ?
No
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Enhanced password restrictions on page 2-136
semicolon (;)
colon(:)
ampersand (&)
comma (,)
all control characters
Yes
Yes
Reset Login
Counter
- Add to Lockout List
Yes
- Raise Alarm
- Start Lockout Timer
Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004
Reject
Login
for password restrictions.
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