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Configuring System Information
EdgeSwitch
™
Administration Guide
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
Password Rules Fields
Field
Description
Minimum Length
Specifies the minimum number of characters required for a valid password.
Aging (days)
The number of days that a user password is valid from the time the password is set. Once a password
expires, the user is required to enter a new password at the next login.
History
The number of previous passwords that are retained to prevent password reuse. This helps to ensure
that a user does not attempt to reuse the same password too often.
Lockout Attempts
The number of local authentication attempts that are allowed to fail before the user account is
automatically locked (the account remains locked until the lockout is reset by the administrator on the
user account page).
Strength Check
Used to
Enable
or
Disable
the password strength checking feature. Enabling this feature forces the user
to configure passwords that satisfy the strong password requirements defined by the following fields.
Minimum Number of
Uppercase Letters
Specifies the minimum number of uppercase letters a password must include.
Minimum Number of
Lowercase Letters
Specifies the minimum number of lowercase letters a password must include.
Minimum Number of Numeric
Characters
Specifies the minimum number of numbers a password must include.
Minimum Number of Special
Characters
The minimum number of special characters (non-alphanumeric, such as @, #, &) that a valid password
must contain.
Maximum Number of
Repeated Characters
The maximum number of characters of any type that can repeat in a valid password. Repetition means
the same character occurring in succession anywhere in the password, such as
11
,
%%%,
or
EEEE.
Maximum Number of
Consecutive Characters
Specifies the maximum number of characters belonging to a sequence that are allowed to occur in a
valid password. Consecutive characters are defined as a sequential pattern of case-sensitive alphabetic
or numeric characters, such as
2345
,
def
, or
YZ
.
Minimum Character Classes
Specifies the minimum number of character classes that a valid password must contain. There are four
character classes: uppercase, lowercase, numeric, and special characters. This field allows you to define
strength checking criteria for all four classes, but require passwords to meet only some of them. The
number of character classes that must be met is specified by this value.
Exclude Keyword Name
The list of keywords that a valid password must not contain. Excluded keyword checking is case-
insensitive. Additionally, a password cannot contain the backwards version of an excluded keyword.
For example, if
pass
is an excluded keyword, passwords such as
23passA2c
,
ssapword
, and
PAsSwoRD
are prohibited. Use the buttons to perform the following tasks:
Click this button to add a keyword to the list. Type the word to exclude in the
Exclude Keyword
Name
field, and click
Submit
.
Click this button next to a keyword to remove the keyword from the list, and confirm the action.
To remove
all
keywords from the list, click the button in the header row and confirm the action.
Use the buttons to perform the following tasks:
• If you make changes to the page, click
Submit
to apply the changes to the running configuration.
• Click
Refresh
to refresh the page with the most current data from the switch.
To retain the changes across the switch’s next power cycle, click
System
>
Configuration Storage
>
Save
.
