Wireless password policies

A wireless password policy defines the rules that govern users' passwords. When you create a user ID and require a password, you can specify the password policy that applies to the user.

A password policy contains rules that regard user passwords. Table 1 lists the rules that you can specify in a wireless password policy:

Table 1. Wireless password policy rules
Rule label	Description
Minimum alphabetic characters	The minimum number of alphabetic characters (a-z, A-Z) that must be in a password.
Minimum non-alphabetic characters	The minimum number of non-alphabetic characters (for example, 0-9, #, &, $, %) that must be in a password.
Minimum length	The minimum number of characters that a password must contain.
Minimum different characters	The minimum number of characters that must be unique in a new password when compared with the most recently used password.
Number of passwords before reuse	The number of most recently used passwords that a user cannot reuse.
Maximum age (days)	The maximum age (in days) for the user's password. When the password reaches this age, it must be changed before successful connection can occur.
Minimum age (days)	The minimum age (in days) for the user's password before it can be changed. Set the value to 0 to allow users to change their password at any time.
Maximum repeated characters	The maximum number of times a character can be repeated in a password.
Number failed connection attempts before lock	The number of times that a user can submit an incorrect password before the account is locked. If this number is exceeded, the account is locked and the user cannot log in.
Time before reuse (days)	The number of days before a previously used password can be reused.
Password can contain user ID	Specifies whether password can include the user ID string.
Allow numeric first/last characters	Specifies whether passwords can begin or end with a numeric character.
Allow password modification	Specifies whether users are allowed to change their passwords.
Maximum consecutive characters	The maximum number of times that a character in the password can be repeated consecutively.
Minimum characters from 2 of 3 groups (alpha, numeric, other)	The minimum number of characters that the password must contain from at least 2 of the following 3 groups: Uppercase and lowercase letters Numbers Punctuation and special characters

By default, SafeLinx includes two wireless password policies in the Default Resources organizational unit. The unrestricted password policy contains no rules. The moderately secure password policy includes a set of password rule restrictions.

You can modify the default policy to provide settings for all or most users by editing the properties of the password policy. You can also create your own password policies to satisfy specific requirements. For general information about how to modify the properties of a resource, see Editing resource properties. For general information about how to create a resource, see Adding resources.