Configuring Password Security - Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual

User accounts

Configuring password security

The Password security
account passwords must meet a minimum level of complexity before they are accepted.
If Enforce strict passwords is set to On, all subsequently configured local administrator account passwords
must conform to the following rules for what constitutes a strict password.
Configurable rules
The following rules apply by default but can be customized.
The password must contain at least 15 ASCII characters made up of at least:
2 numeric values ['0'..'9']
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2 uppercase letters ['A'..'Z']
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2 lowercase letters ['a'..'z']
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2 special characters [such as '@' or '$']
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You can also specify:
the minimum number of the 4 character classes (numeric , lower case, upper case, and special characters)
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that must be present; use this setting if you want to mandate the use of 2-3 different character classes
without requiring all of them to be present
the maximum number of times the same character can be repeated consecutively; by default there is no
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restriction
Additional non-configurable rules
The following strict password rules always apply and cannot be configured. Passwords must not:
be based on a dictionary word
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contain too many consecutive characters such as "abc" or "123"
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contain too few different characters
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be palindromes
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If Enforce strict passwords is set to Off, no checks are made on administrator passwords.
Note that:
Regardless of this setting, it is not possible to set a blank password for any administrator account.
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This setting affects local administrator account passwords only. It does not affect any other passwords
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used on the VCS such as in the local authentication database, LDAP server, external registration
credentials, user account passwords, or administrator account passwords stored on remote credential
directories.
All passwords and usernames are case sensitive.
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Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X8.1.1)
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