User guide

Security Settings
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Strong Passwords
Strongpasswordsprovidemoresecurelocalauthenticationforthe
system.UsingStrongPasswords,youcanspecifycriteriadefiningthe
formatofvalidKXII‐101localpasswordssuchasminimumand
maximumlength,requiredcharacters,andpasswordhistoryretention.
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• Enablestrongpasswords.Strongpasswordsrequireuser‐created
passwordstohaveaminimumof8characterswithatleastone
alphabeticalcharacterandonenon‐alphabeticalcharacter
(punctuationcharacterornumber).Inaddition,thefirstfour
charactersofthepasswordandtheusernamecannotmatch.
Whenselected,strongpasswordrulesareenforc
ed.Userswith
passwordsnotmeetingstrongpasswordcriteriawillautomatically
berequiredtochangetheirpasswordontheirnextlogin.When
deselected,onlythestandardformatvalidationisenforced.When
selected,thefollowingfieldsareenabledandrequired:
 Minimumlengthofstrongpassword.Passwordsmustbeatlea
st
8characterslong.Thedefaultis8,butitcanbeupto63.
 Maximumlengthofstrongpassword.Thedefaultis16,butcan
beupto64characterslong.
 Enforceatleastonelowercasecharacter.Whenchecked,atleast
onelowercasecharacterisrequiredinthepa
ssword.
 Enforceatleastoneuppercasecharacter.Whenchecked,atleast
oneuppercasecharacterisrequiredinthepassword.
 Enforceatleastonenumericcharacter.Whenchecked,atleast
onenumericcharacterisrequiredinthepassword.