Manual Chapter :
Configuration settings for a secure password policy
Applies To:
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BIG-IP LTM
- 16.0.1, 16.0.0, 15.1.2, 15.1.1, 15.1.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.0, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0
Configuration settings for a secure password policy
This table lists and describes the settings for a password policy. These settings apply to all local user accounts on the BIG-IP system.
Setting | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|
Secure Password Enforcements | Enables or disables character restrictions, that is, a policy for minimum
password length and required characters. When you enable this setting, the BIG-IP
Configuration utility displays the Minimum Length and
Required Characters settings. | Enabled |
Minimum Length | Specifies the minimum number of characters required for a
password, and the allowed range of values is 6 to 255 . | 6 |
Required Characters | Specifies the number of numeric, uppercase, lowercase, and
other characters required for a password. The allowed range of values is 0 to 127 . | 0 |
Password Memory | Specifies, for each user account, the number of former passwords that the BIG-IP
system retains to prevent the user from re-using a recent password. The range of
allowed values is 0 to 127 . | 0 |
Minimum Duration | Specifies the minimum number of days before a user can change a password. The
range of allowed values is 0 to 255 . | 0 |
Maximum Duration | Specifies the maximum number of days that a user's password can be valid. The
range of allowed values is 1 to 99999 . | 99999 |
Expiration Warning | Specifies the number of days prior to password expiration that the system sends a
warning message to a user. The range of allowed values is 1 to
255 . | 7 |
Maximum Login Failures | Denies access to a user after the specified number of failed authentication
attempts. The administrator can then reset the lock to re-enable access for the
user. | 0 |
Required Lowercase | Specifies the minimum number of lowercase characters required for a
password. | 0 |
Required Numeric | Specifies the minimum number of numeric characters required for a
password. | 0 |
Required Special | Specifies the minimum number of special characters required for a
password. | 0 |
Required Uppercase | Specifies the minimum number of uppercase characters required for a
password. | 0 |
