The sequence rule rejects passwords that contain more repeated characters than it is allowed.
Repeated characters can appear in succession or in different positions in a password. This policy also includes characters typed in direct or inverse numerical or alphabetical order. For example, if you set the maximum number of same characters that appear in succession to three, then the password “eeeegle” will be rejected.
To configure the sequence rule
Option |
Description |
Number of characters repeated in succession (AAAB) |
Set the maximum number of same characters in a row that the policy will tolerate before rejecting a password. |
Number of identical characters (ABCA) |
Set the maximum number of same characters typed in different positions of password that the policy will tolerate before rejecting a password. |
Number of characters in direct or inverse numerical or alphabetical order (ABC_321) |
Set the maximum number of characters typed in direct or inverse numerical or alphabetical order that the policy will tolerate before rejecting a password. |
Case sensitive |
Select this check box to require case sensitivity for this rule. |
The user properties rule rejects passwords that contain part of a user account property value.
This rule splits the user account property value by non-alphanumeric characters (for example, “_”), and then checks if any part of the value is available in the password. For example, if user’s name is “Peter_US”, Password Manager splits the property into: “Peter” and “US”, and checks if any part can be found in the password. For example, the password “US_US” will be rejected.
To configure the user properties rule
The dictionary rule rejects passwords that match dictionary words or their parts.
The dictionary rule compares user passwords against a list of words stored in the QPMDictionary.txt text file (this file must use UTF-8 encoding). Depending on how you configure the rule settings, user passwords that partially or fully match dictionary words are rejected by Password Manager.
The QPMDictionary.txt dictionary file is located on the Password Manager server, in the following folder: '<install location>\Password Policy Manager\', and is automatically deployed together with Password Policy Manager (PPM). To ensure consistency of the dictionary, make sure that QPMDictionary.txt is up-to-date on all servers where it is deployed.
The dictionary file is never cached. During each password validity check, the dictionary file is read from the Password Manager server.
To modify the QPMDictionary.txt file, such as by adding new words to the word list, you can use Notepad (or any text editor). When modifying the dictionary file, ensure that you begin every new word on a new line. It is recommended to maintain alphabetical order.
The dictionary rule is not case-sensitive which means that, on the one side, you can use either uppercase or lowercase when adding or modifying dictionary entries; and, on the other side, user input will undergo validity check irrespective of whether users use capitals or small letters in their passwords.
To configure the dictionary rule
Option |
Description |
Beginning characters of a dictionary word |
Specify to reject passwords starting with this number of beginning characters of a dictionary word. |
A complete word from the dictionary |
Select this check box to reject passwords that represent an entire word from the dictionary. |
Detect inclusion of non-alpha characters (pas7swo%rd) |
Select this check box to remove non-alphabetic characters during analysis. |
Enable bi-directional analysis |
Select to reject passwords containing an entire dictionary word or its part (depending on which of the other three options you have selected), if read backwards. |
The symmetry rule ensures that password or its part does not read the same in both directions.
For example, if you enable the Reject passwords that read the same in both directions option, then the password “redivider” will be rejected.
To configure the symmetry rule
Option |
Description |
Reject passwords that read the same in both directions (pass8ssap) |
Select to reject passwords that are palindromes. |
Maximum number of beginning characters that match ending characters of password if read backwards (pas47sap) |
Specify the number of beginning characters matching the ending characters of password, if read backwards, which the policy will tolerate before rejecting a password. |
Maximum number of consecutive characters within a password, that read the same in both directions (pass4554word) |
Specify the number of password characters in a row that read the same in both directions, which the policy will tolerate before rejecting a password. |
Case sensitive |
Select to define this rule as case sensitive. |
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