Operating
This section will allow the system administrator to enable secure connections to MetaDefender Cluster Control Center if required. In addition, Password and Session policies are set in this section.
Password Policy
These password policies changes only apply to new user creations and future password changes. Existing users' passwords are unaffected.
Local users' password can be enforced to meet requirements set by administrators, which includes following constraints:
Enforce password policy:
- Determines the number of unique new passwords that must be associated with a user account before an old password can be reused.
- Range: [0-24].
- Default: 0 (to disable enforcement).
Password must meet complexity requirements:
- Determines whether passwords must meet a series of guidelines that are considered important for a strong password.
- Default: unchecked
- At least 4 characters in length.
- At least 1 uppercase letter of European languages (A through Z).
- At least 1 lowercase letter of European languages (a through z).
- At least 1 base 10 digits (0 through 9).
- At least 1 non-alphanumeric characters (special characters): (~!@#$%^&*_-+=`|(){}[]:;"'<>,.?/).
Minimum password length:
- The least number of characters that can make up a password for a user account.
- Range: [0-30].
- Default: 0 (to disable enforcement).
Session Policy
- Idle session timeout: Idle timeout to invalidate individual user’s session based on that user last activity.
- Session timeout: Absolute timeout to invalidate individual user’s session regardless of that user activities.
- Allow Duplicate Sessions: Allow same user to have multiple active sessions.
- Allow Cross IP Sessions: Allow requests coming from sources different from the authenticated origin.
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