AMX NX-2200 - User and Role Name Rules; Password Rules

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User and Role Name Rules
User account and role names must follow these rules:
Case-sensitive
Must be between 4 and 20 alpha-numeric characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9
The following characters are allowed: - _ . # and <space>.
Password Rules
The rules for changing a password vary according to the Password Complexity setting for the user. A user’s password complexity
can be set to Low, Medium, or High.
Low - Minimum length is 4 characters, and must be different from previous password.
Medium - Minimum length is 8 characters, must contain characters from 3 character classes listed in the table below, must
contain at least 4 changes from the previous password, and must be different from the previous 10 passwords.
High - Minimum length is 15 characters, must contain characters from all of the characters classes listed in the table below,
must contain at least 8 changes from the previous password, and must be different from the previous 30 passwords.
The requirements for each setting are listed in the following table:
The definitions of each requirement are listed below:
Case Change Only: A new password cannot differ from the previous passwords solely by a change in case (upper/lower)
Character Classes Required: A password must contain characters from a set number of character classes. See the
Character Classes table below for the list and definitions of character classes.
Library Check: The password cannot contain a word from a dictionary f ile supplied with the OS.
Minimum Length: The password must contain a minimum set number of characters.
Palindrome Check: The password does not contain a palindrome of a 7-letter length or greater.
Same Consecutive Characters: The password does not contain more than a set number of the same consecutive
characters.
Similarity Check: The password differs from the previous password by a set number of characters.
User Name Check: The password does not contain the user’s user name.
Different from Previous # of Passwords: The password differs from a set number of previous passwords.
The following table lists the characters available in each character class:
Password Complexity Requirements
Requirement Low Medium High
Case Change Only No No Yes
Character Classes Required 0 3 4
Library Check No No Yes
Minimum Length 4 8 15
Palindrome Check No No Yes
Same Consecutive Characters No check 5 3
Similarity Check 1 4 8
User Name Check (straight or reversed) No Yes Yes
Different from Previous # of Passwords 1 10 30
Character Classes
Character Class Example
Uppercase Letters A-Z
Lowercase Letters a-z
Numbers 0-9
Other Characters `~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = { } [ ] \ | : ; " ' <> , . ?/ (including "space")