Password Policy

5.1 Password Policy

Use the Password Policy page to configure the Password policy based on enterprise requirements.

Password Options

The following table describes the elements on the Password Policy page:

Element	Description
Minimum Uppercase Characters	Define the minimum number of uppercase characters required in a password.
Minimum Lowercase Characters	Set the minimum number of lowercase characters required in a password.
Minimum Alphabetic Characters	Define the minimum number of alphabetic characters allowed in the password.
Minimum Numeric Characters	Set the minimum number of numeric characters required in a password.
Minimum Alphanumeric Characters	Define the minimum number of alphanumeric characters required in a password.
Minimum Special Characters and Maximum Special Characters	Define the minimum and maximum number of Special Characters required in a password.
Minimum Unicode Characters and Maximum Unicode Characters	Define the minimum and maximum number of Unicode characters required in a password.
Minimum Password Length and Maximum Password Length	Define the total minimum and maximum number of characters allowed in a password.
Minimum Unique Characters	Define the minimum unique characters allowed in a password.
Maximum Repeated Characters	Define the maximum repeated characters allowed in a password.
Minimum Password Age (days)	Define the minimum password age in days.
Characters Required	Define the specific characters that are required in a password. No delimiter is needed or allowed in this definition.
Characters Not Allowed	Define the specific characters that cannot be used in a password. No delimiter is needed or allowed in this definition.
Characters Allowed	Define all allowed characters in a password. No delimiter is needed or allowed in this definition.
Substrings Not Allowed	Specify the character strings that are not allowed in a password. Use a comma as the delimiter in this definition.
Alphabetic Character Must Start Password	Select this box to specify that the first character in a password must be alphabetic, when checked.
Can Include User's Last Name	Select this box to specify that the user's last name is allowed in the password, when checked.
Can Include User's First Name	Select this box to specify that the user's first name is allowed in the password, when checked.
Can Include User ID	Select this box to specify that the user's User ID is allowed in the password, when checked.
Warn After (days)	Define the number of days before a designated date in which a user will be warned about password expiration. For example, you enter 30 in the Expires After (days) field, and 20 in the Warn After (days) field, and the password is created on November 1. On November 21, the user will be informed that the password will expire on December 1. This field accepts values from 0 to 999.
Maximum Attempts	Define the maximum number of login attempts a user can make before a lockout.
Expire After (days)	Define the period of time (in days) that the password is valid.
Permanent Lockout	Select this box to specify permanent lockout after the designated number of failed login attempts.
Disallow Previous Passwords	Define the number of previous passwords that cannot be used when the user changes her password.
Lockout Duration (minutes)	Define the period of time the user is locked out (in minutes) after the designated number of failed login attempts. After this period, the user can attempt a fresh login.
Password Dictionary File	Specify the physical file on OAM Servers that contain the list of restricted words that can not be specified in a password.
Password File Delimiter	Define the delimiter used in the Password Dictionary file to separate various words. For example, if the file contains abc, def, welcome and the dictionary delimiter is comma(,), the words that are restricted and cannot be used in a user password are abc def and welcome.
Password Service URL	The location of various password pages.
Apply	Click on Apply to submit the policy.