Figure 2-6 The Password Policy Properties Table
The Password Policies pane contains a list of all the password policies. Through this pane, a user can create a new policy or delete an existing password policy.
Organizations and applications often have rules about the content of passwords, including the required number and type of characters. The Password Policy properties table helps the users to create and enforce these password rules through a password policy, then apply this policy to one or more application logins.
Table 2-13 The Password Policy Properties Table
Policy |
Value To Be provided |
Description |
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Whole number |
Defines the minimum length of the password; that is, the number of characters required for the password. |
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Whole number |
Defines the maximum length of the password; that is, the maximum number of characters allowed in password. |
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Punctuation characters |
Defines the minimum number of punctuation characters allowed in a password. |
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Punctuation characters |
Defines the maximum number of punctuation characters allowed in a password. |
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Whole number |
Defines the minimum number of uppercase characters allowed in a password. |
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Whole number |
Defines the maximum number of uppercase characters allowed in a password. |
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Whole number |
Defines the minimum number of lowercase characters allowed in a password. |
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Whole number |
Defines the maximum number of lowercase characters allowed in a password. |
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Whole number |
Defines the minimum number of numeric characters allowed in a password. |
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Whole number |
Defines the maximum number of numeric characters allowed in a password. |
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/ / |
Disallows the use of repeated characters, or the use of the same successive characters. If this option is set to , characters can be repeated. This is the default value.If this option is set to , same alphabetic characters in a different case are considered as different characters. For example, A and a are different.If this option is set to , the successive use of the same alphabetic characters in a different case is not allowed. |
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/ / |
Disallows the use of the same non-successive characters. If this option is set to , duplicate characters are allowed. This is the default value.If this option is set to , the same alphabetic characters in a different case are considered as different characters. For example, A (uppercase) and a (lowercase) are different.If this option is set to , duplication of the same alphabetic characters in a different case is not allowed. |
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/ / |
Disallows the use of successive characters in an alphabetical order. If this option is set to , sequential characters are allowed. This is the default value.If this option is set to , sequential characters in a different case are considered as non-sequential. For example, a and B are non-sequential.If this option is set to , sequential characters in different cases is disallowed. |
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/ |
Enforces the use of an uppercase alphabetic character as the beginning character of a password. The default value is .If this option is set to , all other policies that indicate that a password must begin with a particular character or in a specific manner are disabled.IMPORTANT:Only one type of character can be designated as the first value of a password. |
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/ |
Enforces the use of an uppercase letter at the end of a password. The default value is .If this option is set to , all other policies that indicate that a password must end with a particular character or in a specific manner are disabled. |
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Keyboard characters |
Defines a list of characters that cannot be used in a password. NOTE:There is no need of a separator in the list of prohibited characters. For example, @#$%& |
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/ |
Enforces the use of an alphabetic character at the beginning of a password. The default value is .If this option is set to , it automatically disables all other policies that specify what the first character of the password should be. |
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/ |
Enforces the use of a numeric character as the first character of the password. The default value is .If this option is set to , it automatically disables all other policies that specify what the first character of the password should be. |
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/ |
Enforces the use of a symbol character as the first character of the password. The default value is .If this option is set to , it automatically disables all other policies that specify what the first character of the password should be. |
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/ |
Enforces the use of an alphabetic character as the last character of the password. The default value is .If this option is set to , it automatically disables all other policies that specify what the password should end with. |
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/ |
Enforces the use of a numeric character as the last character of the password. The default value is .If this option is set to , it automatically disables all other policies that specify what the password should end with. |
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/ |
Enforces the use of a symbol character as the last character of the password. The default value is .If this option is set to , it automatically disables all other policies that specify what the password should end with. |