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MULTINET4 MULTI-PORT SERIAL SERVER & MANAGED SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 4: SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
Note
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.
Table 4–13: Authentication: Policies
Field Name
Field Value
Bad login attempts
before lockout:
The number of consecutive failed login attempts before a user is
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:
• 5 minutes (default)
• 30 minutes
• 1 hour
Enforce Secure
Passwords:
Setting this value to 'Yes' forces password changes to comply to
the following standards:
• Length of 8 characters minimum
• Must consist of at least 2 of the 3 character types *
Alphabetic
Numeric
Printable Special characters
Default value = No
*Spaces are not allowed in any password, regardless of this
setting.