Password Guidelines
MEBx passwords must meet minimum criteria. These restrictions are enforced by the MEBx to reduce vul-
nerability of passwords to a dictionary attack.
Passwords must:
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Be between 8 and 32 characters long.
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Contain both upper and lower case Latin characters (e.g. A, a, B, b).
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Have at least one digit character (e.g. 0, 1, 2, ... 9).
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Have at least one 7-bit ASCII non-alphanumeric character with an ASCII value between 33d and
126d that is not part of the invalid character list below.
Examples of valid characters include:
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Exclamation
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At
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Number
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Dollar
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Percent
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Caret
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Asterisk
The underscore '_' is considered alpha-numeric.
The following characters are not allowed:
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Quotation mark "
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Apostrophe
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Comma
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Greater than
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Less than
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Colon
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Ampersand
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Space
BIOS Prerequisite
This white paper is for use with HP Compaq 8000 Elite Business PCs. The HP Compaq 8000 Elite Busi-
ness PC uses the 786G7 BIOS family.
For best performance and to take advantage of AMT 5.2 features, use the latest version of BIOS and ME
firmware for HP Compaq 8000 Elite Business PC, which is available at www.hp.com.
The system BIOS and the ME firmware must be updated individually. Refer to the BIOS Flash white paper
at
www.hp.com
for more information about flashing the system BIOS and ME firmware.
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