cobas h 232 - Page 21

Introduction
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Characteristics of strong passwords
■ Passwords must not contain the user’s account name or parts of the user’s full name that
exceed two consecutive characters.
■ Passwords must be at least eight characters in length.
■ Passwords must contain characters from at least three of the following four categories:
– English uppercase alphabetic characters (A through Z)
– English lowercase alphabetic characters (a through z)
– Numeric characters (0 through 9)
– Non-alphabetic characters (for example, !, $, #, %)
Examples of weak passwords
■ uhxwze11 contains no upper case letter.
■ UHXW13SF contains no lower case letter.
■ uxxxxx7F contains the same character more than four times.
■ x12useridF contains a substring of the user ID longer than four characters.
To ensure that your cobas h 232 meter functions properly, observe the operating and storage
conditions as given in the chapter “General Product Specifications”, starting on page 183.