ATEN CS1708i User Manual page 147

Account Policy
In the Account Policy section, administrators can set policies governing
usernames and passwords.
The meanings of the Account Policy entries are explained in the table below:
Entry
Minimum Username
Length
Minimum Password
Length
Password Must
Contain At Least
Enforce Password
History
Sets the minimum number of characters required for a
username. Acceptable values are from 1–16. The default is 6.
Sets the minimum number of characters required for a
password. Acceptable values are from 0–16. A setting of 0
means that no password is required. Users can login with only a
Username. The default is 6.
Checking any of these items requires users to include at least
one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter or one number in
their password.
Note: This policy only affects user accounts created after this
policy has been enabled, and password changes to existing
user accounts. Users accounts created before this policy was
enabled, and there is no change to the existing passwords, are
not affected.
Checking this box will require users to create a unique password
that does not match the last x passwords they've used prior. X
equals the number entered in the dialog box.
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