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In
Password Configuration
, enter the number of passwords that will be remembered. This is the
password history, which discourages password reuse and ensures that the new password has not
been used within the specified number of previous password changes. Default is
5
. With a setting
of 5, the new password could not have been used within the last 5 password changes.
Figure 283 Configuring Password Settings
Select either
Regular
,
Random
, or
Strong
for the
admin
and
status
(if enabled) passwords.
PASSWORD SETTING DESCRIPTION
Regular
These are standard, yet a fairly weak password system.
Passwords have to be longer than 4 characters with few
restrictions. This is the system default password configuration.
Random
Provides randomly-generated passwords. Configure the
maximum password size in bits (minimum is 14, maximum is
70, default is 20) and number of retries (default is 10), which is
the number of times you will be asked if you want to accept the
new password. You can either accept (by typing in the new
password twice) or reject the random password. You cannot
select your own password.
Strong
Enforce strong passwords. Retries is the number of times you are
prompted before an error message is issued. DiffOK means how
many characters can be the same in the new password relative to
the old. MinLEN is the minimum length of characters required in
the password. Specify how many Digits, Upper-case letters,
Lower-case letters, and Other (special) characters are required in
the password. Positive numbers indicate the maximum amount
of “credit” of this character class can be accrued towards the
“simplicity” count. Negative numbers implies that the password
MUST have at least that many characters from this given class.
Thus, numbers of -1 means that every password must have at
least one digit in it.