Key Management - Cisco 350XG series Administration Manual

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Key Management

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Key Management
Cisco 350XG & 550XG Series 10G Stackable Managed Switches
• Do not repeat or reverse the manufacturers name or any variant reached by
changing the case of the characters.
If the Password Complexity Settings are enabled, the following parameters may
be configured:
• Minimal Password Length—Enter the minimal number of characters
required for passwords.
A zero-length password (no password) is allowed, and can still have
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password aging assigned to it.
• Allowed Character Repetition—Enter the number of times that a character
can be repeated.
• Minimal Number of Character Classes—Enter the number of character
classes which must be present in a password. Character classes are lower
case (1), upper case (2), digits (3), and symbols or special characters (4).
• The New Password Must Be Different than the Current One—If selected,
the new password cannot be the same as the current password upon a
password change.
Click Apply. The password settings are written to the Running Configuration file.
Configuring the username-password equivalence, and manufacturer-password
equivalence may be done through the CLI. See the CLI Reference Guide for further
instruction.
This section describes how to configure key chains for applications and protocols,
such as RIP. See IP Configuration: RIPv2
chain for authentication.
It covers the following topics:
• Key Chain
• Key Settings
for a description of how RIP uses key
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