Security
Key Management
Cisco 350XG & 550XG Series 10G Stackable Managed Switches
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Do not repeat or reverse the manufacturers name or any variant reached by
changing the case of the characters.
STEP 4
If the
Password Complexity Settings
are enabled, the following parameters may
be configured:
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Minimal Password Length
—Enter the minimal number of characters
required for passwords.
NOTE
A zero-length password (no password) is allowed, and can still have
password aging assigned to it.
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Allowed Character Repetition
—Enter the number of times that a character
can be repeated.
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Minimal Number of Character Classes
—Enter the number of character
classes which must be present in a password. Character classes are lower
case (1), upper case (2), digits (3), and symbols or special characters (4).
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The New Password Must Be Different than the Current One
—If selected,
the new password cannot be the same as the current password upon a
password change.
STEP 5
Click
Apply
. The password settings are written to the Running Configuration file.
NOTE
Configuring the username-password equivalence, and manufacturer-password
equivalence may be done through the CLI. See the
CLI Reference Guide
for further
instruction.
Key Management
This section describes how to configure key chains for applications and protocols,
such as RIP. See
for a description of how RIP uses key
chain for authentication.
It covers the following topics:
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