Chapter 3 Setting Up the Sensor

Configuring Authentication and User Parameters

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sensor#

Step 4 To unlock the account of jsmith, reset the password.

sensor# configure terminal

sensor(config)# password jsmith

Enter New Login Password: ******

Re-enter New Login Password: ******

Configuring the Password Policy

As sensor administrator, you can configure how passwords are created. All user-created passwords must conform to the policy that you set up. You can set login attempts and the size and minimum characters requirements for a password. The minimum password length is eight characters. If you forget your password, there are various ways to recover the password depending on your sensor platform.

Caution If the password policy includes minimum numbers of character sets, such as upper case or number characters, the sum of the minimum number of required character sets cannot exceed the minimum password size. For example, you cannot set a minimum password size of eight and also require that passwords must contain at least five lowercase and five uppercase characters.

Example

For example, you can set a policy where passwords must have at least 10 characters and no more than 40, and must have a minimum of 2 upper case and 2 numeric characters. Once that policy is set, every password configured for each user account must conform to this password policy.

To set up a password policy, follow these steps:

Step 1 Log in to the sensor using an account with administrator privileges.

Step 2 Enter password strength authentication submode.

sensor# configure terminal

sensor(config)# service authentication

sensor(config-aut)# password-strength

Step 3 Set the minimum number of numeric digits that must be in a password. The range is 0 to 64.

sensor(config-aut-pas)# digits-min 6

Step 4 Set the minimum number of nonalphanumeric printable characters that must be in a password. The range is 0 to 64.

sensor(config-aut-pas)# other-min 3

Step 5 Set the minimum number of uppercase alphabet characters that must be in a password. The range is 0 to 64.

sensor(config-aut-pas)# uppercase-min 3

Step 6 Set the minimum number of lower-case alphabet characters that must be in a password.

sensor(config-aut-pas)# lowercase-min 3

 

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IPS4510K9 specifications

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