Password Rules - Metasys - LIT-1201528 - General System Information - Metasys System - 10.1

Security Administrator System Technical Bulletin
Brand
Metasys
Product name
Metasys System
Document type
Technical Bulletin
Document number
LIT-1201528
Version
10.1
Revision date
2020-01-21
Language
English
The following table lists the password rules enforced by the Metasys system user's language_locale setting.
Table 1. Metasys System Password Rules
Supported Language_Locale Enforced Password Rules
English (en_us)
  • The password must include a minimum of 8 characters and a maximum of 50 characters.
  • The password cannot include spaces or include a word or phrase that is in the Blocked Words list.
  • The password and the username cannot share the same three consecutive characters.
  • The password must meet the four following conditions:
    • Include at least one number (0–9)
    • Include at least one special character (-, ., @, #, !, ?, $, %)
      Note: Only the special characters listed above can be used; all other special characters are invalid.
    • Include at least one uppercase character
    • Include at least one lowercase character
Czech (cs_cz)

German (de_de)

Spanish (es_es)

French (fr_fr)

Hungarian (hu_hu)

Italian (it_it)

Norwegian (nb_no)

Dutch (nl_nl)

Polish (pl_pl)

Portuguese (Brazilian) (pt_br)

Russian (ru_ru)

Swedish (sv_se)

Turkish (tr_tr)
  • The password must include a minimum of 8 characters and a maximum of 50 characters.
  • The password cannot include spaces or include a word or phrase that is in the Blocked Words list.
  • The password and the username cannot share the same three consecutive characters.
  • The password must meet three of the following conditions:
    • Include at least one number (0–9)
    • Include at least one special character (-, ., @, #, !, ?, $, %)
    • Include at least one uppercase character
    • Include at least one lowercase character
    • Include at least one Unicode character that is categorized as an alphabetic character but is not uppercase or lowercase
Chinese Simplified (zh_cn)

Chinese Traditional (zh_tw)

Japanese (ja_jp)

Korean (ko_kr)
  • The password must include a minimum of 8 characters and a maximum of 50 characters.
  • The password cannot include spaces or include a word or phrase that is in the Blocked Words list.
  • The password and the username cannot share the same three consecutive characters.
  • The password must meet two of the following conditions:
    • Include at least one number (0–9)
    • Include at least one special character (-, ., @, #, !, ?, $, %)
    • Include at least one uppercase character
    • Include at least one lowercase character
    • Include at least one Unicode character that is categorized as an alphabetic character but is not uppercase or lowercase

Password rules are not applicable to Active Directory users and RADIUS users. These users are handled by the domain controller and not by the Metasys system.