GE Multinet 4 Instruction Manual page 90

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
Note
4–20
Violations of security settings such as: failed login attempts or inactive user expiration
result in a "lock out" state. Only administrators may clear this state.
Field Name
Bad login attempts The number of consecutive failed login attempts before a user is
before lockout:
locked out. A user is locked out by setting the Locked Out? field
in the user's account to "Yes"
Valid range = 1-5
Default value = 5
Lockout Time: The amount of time a user account spends in the suspended
state after being locked out. This parameter takes the following
values:
Enforce Secure Setting this value to 'Yes' forces password changes to comply to
Passwords:
the following standards:
Default value = No
*Spaces are not allowed in any password, regardless of this
setting.
MULTINET4 MULTI-PORT SERIAL SERVER & MANAGED SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
CHAPTER 4: SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
Table 4–13: Authentication: Policies
Field Value
• 5 minutes (default)
• 30 minutes
• 1 hour
• Length of 8 characters minimum
• Must consist of at least 2 of the 3 character types *
Alphabetic
Numeric
Printable Special characters