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:
  1. Click the
    Services and Server Configurations
    tab.
  2. Click the
    Administration Console
    option on the submenu of the tab.
  3. In the left pane, under the
    Authentication
    section, click the
    Master Administrator Authentication Policy
    link to display the corresponding page.
  4. Specify the parameters explained in the following table in the
    Password Policy Configuration
    section. All the parameters on this page are mandatory.
    • Minimum Password Length
      The least number of characters that the password must contain. You can set a value between 6 and 32 characters.
      Default Value: 6
    • Maximum Password Length
      The most number of characters that the password can contain. You can set a value between 6 and 32 characters.
      Default Value: 25
    • Maximum Failed Attempts
      The 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 Characters
      The 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 Count
      The maximum number of previously used passwords that cannot be reused.
      Default Value: 3
    • Validity Period
      The maximum number of days for which a password is valid.
      Default Value: 180 days
    • Allow Multi-Byte Characters
      Enable 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 Characters
      The 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 Characters
      The 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: !@#$%^&*()_+
  5. Click Save.