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<h1>Password security policy</h1>

<p>Passwords are often considered <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/service-oriented/passwords-are-the-weakest-link-in-enterprise-it-security-study/8682">one

	of the weakest links</a> in information security. For the safety of the entire organization, this appliance employs password security policies designed to

	minimize the risk of a successful attack against any account on the system.</p>

<p>These requirements are summarized as follows:</p>

<ul>

	<li>Passwords must be a minimum of 8 characters in length.</li>

	<li>

		For passwords which are 16 characters in length or less:

		<ul>

			<li>The password contain at least one letter (A-Z, a-z)</li>

			<li>The password contain at least digit (0-9)</li>

			<li>The password contain at least symbol</li>

		</ul>

	</li>

	<li>

		For passwords which are 17 characters in length or greater:

		<ul>

			<li>Any combination of letters, numbers, and/or symbols is permitted.</li>

		</ul>

	</li>

</ul>

<p>We recognize that generating secure passwords which meet stringent security requirements can be a difficult exercise. Thus, we allow longer passwords to not contain

	symbols, enabling the use of passwords which follow the

	<a href="http://xkcd.com/936">XKCD 936</a> pattern. A tool to generate "XKCD 936 compliant" passwords can be found 

	<a href="https://correcthorsebatterystaple.heroku.com/">here</a>.</p>

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