User guide

Chapter 10: Security Settings
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 Enforceatleastoneprintablespecialcharacter.Whenchecked,at
leastonespecialcharacter(printable)isrequiredinthe
password.
 Numberofrestrictedpasswordsbasedonhistory.Thisfield
representsthepasswordhistorydepth;thatis,thenumberof
priorpasswordsthatcannotberepeated.Therangeis1‐12
;the
defaultis5.
User Blocking
TheUserBlockingoptionsspecifythecriteriabywhichusersareblocked
fromaccessingthesystemafterthespecifiednumberofunsuccessful
loginattempts.Thethreeoptionsaremutuallyexclusive:
• Disabled.Thedefaultoption;usersarenotblockedregardlessofthe
numberoftimestheyfailauthentication.
• TimerLockout.U
sersaredeniedaccesstothesystemforthe
specifiedamountoftimeafterexceedingthespecifiednumberof
unsuccessfulloginattempts.Whenselected,thefollowingfieldsare
enabled:
 Attempts.Thenumberofunsuccessfulloginattemptsafterwhich
theuserwillbelockedout.Thevalidrangeis1‐10;th
edefault
is3attempts.
 LockoutTime.Theamountoftimeforwhichtheuserwillbe
lockedout.Thevalidrangeis1‐1440minutes;thedefaultis5
minutes.