USING THE WEB INTERFACEEATON Managed ePDU User’s Guide 164201xxx Rev 1 DRAFT 10−OCT−2008 47Enabling Strong PasswordsForcing users to create strong passwords makes it more difficult for intruders to crackuser passwords and access the ePDU. Strong passwords should be at least eightcharacters long and should contain upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and specialcharacters (such as @ or &).To force users to create strong passwords:1. Select Device Settings, and then select Security. The Security Settings pagedisplays. The Strong Passwords panel displays at the bottom of the page.See Figure 45.Figure 45. Strong Passwords Panel2. Select the Enable strong passwords check box to activate the strong passwordfeature. See Table 5 for password defaults.Table 5. Strong Passwords DefaultsField DefaultMinimum length 8 charactersMaximum length 16 charactersAt least one lowercase character RequiredAt least one uppercase character RequiredAt least one numeric character RequiredAt least one printable special character RequiredNumber of restricted passwords 53. Make any necessary changes to the default settings.4. When you are finished, click Apply. The changes are applied.
