Extended Password Criteria

Purpose

Make sure users choose complex passwords.

Details

When enabled, Passwords need to meet 3 of the following 4 criteria:

  • password contains at least one CAPITAL characters
  • password contains at least one lowercase character
  • password contains at least one digit
  • password contains at least one characters other than a-z/A-Z/0-9

The extended password criteria apply to user account passwords and transfer passwords.

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Configuration

  • Scope: configured on admin-unit level, is effective immediately, applies only to new passwords.
  • Privileges: administrator-privileges required
  • Default: disabled

The feature is configured in the (new) admin interface (server settings, section Security Settings):

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Dependencies

none

Conflicts

none

Changes