Table 6-5 Password Complexity Configuration Attributes - Motorola PTP 600 series User Manual

Task 5: Configure password policy

Table 6-5 Password complexity configuration attributes

Attribute
Minimum Password
Length
Password Can
Contain User Name
Minimum Number
Of Specific
Characters
Maximum
Consecutive
Repeated
Characters
Maximum
Consecutive
Characters of a
Certain Type
Maximum Series
Length
6-40
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Meaning
The minimum number of characters required in
passwords.
'No' means that passwords must not contain the
user name.
'Yes' means that passwords may contain the
user name.
The minimum number of lowercase, uppercase,
numeric and special characters required in
passwords.
For example, if all values are set to 2, then
'FredBloggs' will be rejected, but
'FredBloggs(25)' will be accepted.
The maximum number of consecutive repeated
alphabetic, numeric and special characters
permitted in passwords.
For example, if all values are set to 2, then
'aaa', 'XXX', '999' and '$$$' will be rejected, but
'aa', 'XX', '99' or '$$' will be accepted.
The maximum number of consecutive
lowercase, uppercase and numeric characters
permitted in passwords.
For example, if all values are set to 5, then
'ALFRED', 'neuman' and '834030' will be
rejected.
The maximum number of alphabetic and
numeric characters permitted in passwords.
For example, if set to 3, then 'abcd', 'WXYZ' and
'0123' will be rejected, but 'abc', 'xyz' and '123'
will be accepted.
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Best
practice
value
10
No
2
2
5
3
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