You can create a password policy for administrator accounts to enhance security. The policy that you define here is applied to all accounts with admin privilege in Cisco CDA.
To configure the password policy, complete the following steps:
1. Choose System > Password Policy
The Password Policy page appears.
2. Enter the following information:
• Check or uncheck the attributes a new password must contain:
• Check or uncheck the attributes a new password must not contain:
– Three or more consecutive characters—Check this check box to restrict the use of three or more consecutive characters.
– Username (or reversed)—Check this check box to restrict the use of the administrator username or its characters in reverse order.
– “Cisco” (or reversed)—Check this check box to restrict the use of the word “cisco” or its characters in reverse order.
– Custom word (or Reversed)—Restrict the use of any word that you define or these characters in reverse order.
• Minimum Length—(Required) Specifies the minimum length of the password (in characters). The default is 4 characters.
• Maximum Length—(Required) Specifies the maximum length of the password (in characters). The default is 99 characters.