Use the Password Policies tab to configure
password complexity, expiration dates, allowable characters, and other
options for user accounts.
About this task
Navigating in IPS Local Management Interface:
Notes: - Changes to Password History option: If Password
History is enabled and later changed to No
Password History, an additional change is required to
avoid access problems. In , change
the local administrators password to a new password that has never
been logged in the password history file. If you do not complete this
additional step, the appliance might deny access.
- The appliance does not apply password policies to the Root account
or to remote user accounts.
Procedure
- Click the Password Policies tab.
- Configure the following options in the Password
Complexity area:
Option |
Description |
Minimum Password Length |
Specifies the minimum number of characters for passwords. |
Alpha Characters Required |
Specifies if passwords contain alphabetic characters. |
Numeric Characters Required |
Specifies if passwords contain numeric characters. |
High Low Case Required |
Specifies if passwords are case-sensitive or contain both
upper and lowercase characters. |
- Configure the following options in the Password
Properties area:
Option |
Description |
Password Expiration Age |
Specifies a length of time a password works to gain access
to the appliance. |
Password History |
Specifies if the appliance retains a history of old passwords
and how many the appliance logs. Users cannot reuse passwords retained
in history. |
Lockout Attempts |
Specifies the number of login attempts a user can try before
the appliance denies the user access to the appliance for using an
incorrect password. |
Password Unlock Time |
Specifies whether users can attempt to log in again after
the appliance denies them access, which is the Manual option.
Also specifies for how long the appliance denies user access before
another login attempt. |
Idle Time Logout |
Specifies if the appliance denies a user access for being
idle and specifies the length of acceptable idle time. |