Password Policy; Date/Time Settings - Stormshield SN series Configuration Manual

Password policy

The indicated parameters will apply to all passwords and pre-shred keys defined on the firewall
(VPN PPTP, IPSec VPN, internal LDAP directory, etc.). The parameters are:
Minimum password
length
Mandatory character
types
To find out which characters are allowed or prohibited in various fields, please refer to
Appendix A: Allowed names.

Date/Time settings

Date
Time
Synchronize with your
machine
Time zone
Synchronize firewall
time (NTP)
The date and time to which your Stormshield Network firewall is set are important – they
allow you to locate events in the log files. They are also useful in the scheduling of
configurations.
List of NTP servers
This table will only be accessible if you have selected the option Synchronize firewall time
(NTP). If you have not done so, the list of NTP servers will be grayed out.
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Indicate the minimum number of characters required for each password defined on
the firewall.
NOTE
The value defined by default is 1 for the purpose of compatibility in the event
existing configurations are migrated to version 2.
Select the mandatory types of characters to be included in each password:
None: the password is not required to contain any alphanumeric or special
l
characters,
Alphanumeric: the password must contain at least an alphabetical character
l
and a number,
Alphabetical and special: the password must contain at least an
l
alphanumeric character and a special character ('#', '@', etc...)
NOTE
Firewall's date. Select the date from the calendar.
This field will be grayed out if NTP configuration has been enabled.
Firewall's time.
This field will be grayed out if NTP configuration has been enabled.
By clicking on this button, the firewall will synchronize its time with your computer's
time.
This field will be grayed out if NTP configuration has been enabled.
Time zone defined for the firewall (GMT by default).
WARNING
The firewall has to be restarted if the time zone is changed.
NTP (Network Time Protocol) is a protocol that allows synchronizing the local clock on
your computers with a time reference via your network.
If this option is selected, your firewall will automatically be synchronized with the
local time.
NOTE
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