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Wired network connection If the Handheld Base Unit from Roche Diagnostics is
used to connect this meter to a local area network, the
Handheld Base Unit must be protected against unauthor-
ized access by means of a strong password manage-
ment. Observe your own facility guidelines on password
management where available, or apply the following
rules:
Characteristics of strong passwords
Passwords should not contain the user’s account
name or parts of the user’s full name that exceed
two consecutive characters.
Passwords should be at least eight characters in
length.
Passwords should contain characters from the
following three categories:
English uppercase alphabetic characters
(A through Z)
English lowercase alphabetic characters
(a through z)
Numeric characters (0 through 9)
Examples of weak passwords
uhxwze11 contains no upper case letter.
UHXW13SF contains no lower case letter.
uxxxxx7F contains the same character more than
four times.
x12useridF contains a substring of the user ID
longer than four characters.