User`s guide

Configuring CLI Access Security
Matrix DFE Series and N-SA User’s Guide 3-3
Forapasswordtobestrongandhardtobreak,itshould:
•Beatleast8characterslong.
• Containcharactersfromeachofthefollowinggroups:
–Letters(uppercaseandlowercase)—A,B,C;a,b,c
–Numerals—0,1,2,3,4,5,6 ,7 ,8,9
–Symbols—`~!@#$%^&*(
)_+‐={}|[]\:ʺ;ʹ<>?,./
•Haveatleastonesymbolcharacterinthesecondthroughsixthpositions.
•Besignificantlydifferentfrompriorpasswords.
•Notcontainyournameoruser name.
•Notbeacommonwordorname.
Managing System Passwords and User Accounts
Bydefault,theMatrixDFESeriesorN‐SAdeviceoperatesinsingle‐usermodewithpassword
accessenabledandnopasswordsdefined.Itprovidesthreeaccessmodes,oraccount“names.”
TheseareAdminorSuper‐User(
su),Read‐Write(rw),andRead‐Only(ro).Formoreinformation
aboutthesedefaultaccessaccountsandtheirassociatedprivileges,referbacktoTable 2‐1on
page 2‐2.Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingsystempasswordanduser
accountmanagementtasksthatcanbecompletedbyanadministratorwithSuperUseraccess.
• SettingNewSystemPasswords
• CreatingandManagingUserAccounts
• SettingPasswordPolicies,includingageouttime,thenumberofpreviously‐usedpasswords
checkedforduplicationwhenuserscreatenewpasswords,andthenumberoffailedlogin
attemptsallowedbeforeuserlockout.
Onceconfigured,passwordscanbechangedwiththesetpasswordcommand.Administrators
withSuperUseraccesscanchangeanypasswordonthesystemasdescribedinthefollowing 
section.IndividualuserswithRead‐Writeaccesscanchangetheirownpasswords,asdescribedon
page3‐5,butcannotenterormodifyothersystempasswords.Onlyuserswithadmin(
su)access
privilegescanchangeanypasswordonthesystem.
9 5,429,503,678,976 101,559,956,668,416
10 141,167,095,653,376 3,656,158,440,062,980
Table 3-1 Password Combinations (continued)
Number of Characters
in Password
Possible Combinations
(Letters A-Z only)
Possible Combinations
(Letters A-Z, with numbers 0-9)
Note: Unless otherwise specified, commands described in this section are restricted to
administrators with Super-User (su) access.