Specify Master Administrator Authentication Policy Settings
The Master Administrator use the Basic Authentication method.
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The Master Administrator use the
Basic Authentication
method.You can strengthen the MA password policy by enforcing restrictions, such as password length, allowed number of special characters, and the number of failed login attempts allowed before locking the MA access to the system.
Follow these steps:
- Click theServices and Server Configurationstab.
- Click theAdministration Consoleoption on the submenu of the tab.
- In the left pane, under theAuthenticationsection, click theMaster Administrator Authentication Policylink to display the corresponding page.
- Specify the parameters explained in the following table in thePassword Policy Configurationsection. All the parameters on this page are mandatory.
- Minimum Password LengthThe least number of characters that the password must contain. You can set a value between 6 and 32 characters.Default Value: 6
- Maximum Password LengthThe most number of characters that the password can contain. You can set a value between 6 and 32 characters.Default Value: 25
- Maximum Failed AttemptsThe maximum consecutive number of times an administrator can specify the password incorrectly, after which the credential will be locked. You can set a value between 3 and 10.Default Value: 5
- Minimum Numeric CharactersThe least number of numeric characters (0 through 9) that the password must contain. You can set a value between 0 and 32 characters.Default Value: 1
- Maximum Password History CountThe maximum number of previously used passwords that cannot be reused.Default Value: 3
- Validity PeriodThe maximum number of days for which a password is valid.Default Value: 180 days
- Allow Multi-Byte CharactersEnable this option if you want to store the parameters in multi-byte character format.Note: If you select this option, then the next three fields are disabled.Default Value: Disabled
- Minimum Alphabetic CharactersThe least number of alphabetic characters (a-z and A-Z) that the password must contain. You can set a value between 0 and 32 characters.Default Value: 4
- Minimum Special CharactersThe least number of Allowed Special Characters that the password must contain. You can set a value between 0 and 32 characters.Default Value: 1
- Allowed Special Characters (optional)The list of special characters that the password can contain.Default Value: !@#$%^&*()_+
- Click Save.