SECURING FIBRE CHANNEL FABRICS - Brocade

Securing Management InterfacesThe following lists the different Brocade password strength features:• Lowercase. Minimum number of lowercase characters to use(default = 0).• Uppercase. Minimum number of uppercase characters to use(default = 0).• Digits. Minimum number of numeric characters to be used(default = 0).• Punctuation. Minimum number of punctuation characters to beused (default = 0).• MinLength. Minimum number of characters required (8–40characters).• Repeat. Maximum length of repeated character sequences thatis disallowed (1–40 characters; default = 1).• Sequence. Maximum length of ASCII character sequences thatincrease by one. For example, “ABCDE” is a 5-character sequenceincreasing by one (1–40 characters; default = 1) as well as“45678”.Example:switch:admin> passwdcfg --set -uppercase 3 -lowercase 4-digits 2 -minlength 9This example sets a password strength policy that required at least 3uppercase letters, 4 lowercase letters, 2 digits, and an overall minimumlength of 9 characters.Password history prevents users from using passwords that they usedpreviously for a pre-defined number of passwords:History. Number of previous password values (including the currentvalue) that are disallowed when creating a new password (1–24;default = 1).Example:switch:admin> passwdcfg --set -history 10This example sets a history policy that prevents the use of any of auser's previous 10 passwords.Password expiration or aging is used to control how long a passwordcan exist. The following lists the different Brocade password expirationparameters:Securing Fibre Channel Fabrics 139