Chapter 6 Setting Up and Managing User Groups
Configuration-specific User Group Settings
6-20
User Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server
78-14696-01, Version 3.1
Enabling Password Aging for the CiscoSecure User Database
The password aging feature of Cisco Secure ACS enables you to force users to
change their passwords under one or more of the following conditions:
•
After a specified number of days (age-by-date rules)
•
After a specified number of logins (age-by-uses rules)
•
The first time a new user logs in (password change rule)
Varieties of Password Aging Supported by Cisco Secure ACS
Cisco Secure ACS supports four distinct password aging mechanisms, as follows:
•
EAP-GTC Windows NT/2000 Password Aging—Users must be in the
Windows NT/2000 database and be using a Microsoft client that supports
EAP, such as Windows XP. For information on the requirements and
configuration of this password aging mechanism, see
Enabling Password
Aging for Users in Windows Databases, page 6-25
.
•
RADIUS-based Windows NT/2000 Password Aging—Users must be in the
Windows NT/2000 database and be using the Windows Dial-up Networking
(DUN) client. For information on the requirements and configuration of this
password aging mechanism, see
Enabling Password Aging for Users in
Windows Databases, page 6-25
.
•
Password Aging for Device-hosted Sessions—Users must be in the
CiscoSecure user database, the AAA client must be running , and
the connection must use Telnet. You can control the ability of users to change
passwords during a device-hosted Telnet session. You can also control
whether Cisco Secure ACS propagates passwords changed by this feature.
For more information, see
Local Password Management, page 8-5
.
•
Password Aging for Transit Sessions—Users must be in the CiscoSecure
user database. Users must be using the Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT
3.51, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 DUN client, or another PPP dialup
client. Further, the end-user client must have CiscoSecure Authentication
Agent (CAA) installed in Windows 95/98/ME or Windows NT/2000.
Tip
The CAA software is available at
http://www.cisco.com
.