Password Security - Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual

Field Description
Base DN for The distinguished name to use as the base
accounts when searching for administrator and user
accounts.
Base DN for The distinguished name to use as the base
groups when searching for administrator and user
groups.
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Password security

The Password security
not local administrator account
accepted.
If Enforce strict passwords is set to On, all subsequently configured local administrator account passwords
must conform to the following rules for what constitutes a strict password.
Configurable rules
The following rules apply by default but can be customized.
The password must contain at least 15 ASCII characters made up of at least:
2 numeric values ['0'..'9']
n
2 uppercase letters ['A'..'Z']
n
2 lowercase letters ['a'..'z']
n
2 special characters [such as '@' or '$']
n
You can also specify:
the minimum number of the 4 character classes (numeric , lower case, upper case, and special characters)
n
that must be present; use this setting if you want to mandate the use of 2-3 different character classes
without requiring all of them to be present
the maximum number of times the same character can be repeated consecutively; by default there is no
n
restriction
Additional non-configurable rules
The following strict password rules always apply and cannot be configured. Passwords must not:
be based on a dictionary word
n
contain too many consecutive characters such as "abc" or "123"
n
contain too few different characters
n
be palindromes
n
If Enforce strict passwords is set to Off, no checks are made on administrator passwords.
Note that:
Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X7.2)
page (Maintenance > Login accounts > Password
passwords must meet a minimum level of complexity before they are
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security) controls whether or
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