Edit password security for users

Select System administration > User administration > Password security.

Here you can set a security level for passwords (1). The default security level is set by the system, but you can also go to a more stringent, extended security level by moving the slider upwards.

The following terms are worth explaining:

Relevant length of the sequence: character strings such as 1234 or efgh are easy to decrypt. If "3" is set here, a maximum of two characters in the password may form a "sequence", i.e. 12 would be permitted, 123 would not.

Diversity: The more different characters are contained, the more difficult a password is to decrypt. A value of 60% means that the password must contain at least 60% different characters. This means, for example, that a 10-character password must contain at least 6 different characters.

Dictionary matching: "Real" words are easier to decrypt than random character strings. If dictionary matching is "mandatory", this means that passwords that appear in a dictionary are not permitted.

Password validity

Passwords should be changed occasionally. You can restrict the validity here by ticking the checkbox.

Zones

You can define zones (2) that contain one or more IP addresses and address ranges. This allows you to restrict access to the zones set up. You assign the IP zones to the users during user setup or subsequently.

You have various options when entering IP zones:

Individual IP addresses

120.131.110.101

120.131.110.110

All IP addresses

*

Ranges

120.131.110.101-120.131.110.111

Areas with wildcards

101.123.*-101.125.*

101.101.101.*-101.101.110.*

120.10* (corresponds to 120.10.*)

Note: The following applies to the assignment of IP zones: If several zones are assigned to a user, these are to be regarded as "additive".

Manage IP zones

You can add, edit or remove IP zones using the buttons in the Zones section.