Synology DS411SLIM manual Apply Password Strength Rules, To apply password strength rules

Synology DiskStation User's Guide

Based on DSM 3.1

Apply Password Strength Rules

You can enable password strength service to make sure DSM users’ password is secure enough to withstand malicious login attempt.

Note:

Password Strength rules only work for passwords created or modified after the Password Strength service is enabled. Existing passwords won’t be affected by the rules.

The rules won’t apply to the passwords of users created by importing users list.

To apply password strength rules:

1Click Password Strength.

2Tick Apply password strength rules.

3Tick any of the following rules:

Exclude name and description of user from password: The password must not contain user name or description.

Mixed case: The password must contain mixed case letters.

Included numeric character: The password must contain at least one numeric character (0~9).

Included special character: The password must contain at least one special character (i.e., ~, `, !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *, (, ), -, _, =, +, [, {, ], }, \, , ;, :, ', ", <, >, /, ?).

Minimum password length: The password must be longer than the specified value. The length should be a number between 6 and 127.

4Click Apply.

To cancel password strength rules:

1Click Password Strength.

2Uncheck Apply password strength rules.

3Click Apply.

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