ZyXEL Communications 70 Series User Manual

ZyWALL 5/35/70 Series User’s Guide

Appendix Q Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection

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Brute-force password guessing protection allows you to specify a wait-time that must expire 
before entering a fourth password after three incorrect passwords have been entered.

The following describes the commands for enabling, disabling and configuring the brute-force 
password guessing protection mechanism for the password. See 

information on the command structure. 

sys pwderrtm 5

This command sets the password protection to block all access attempts for five minutes after 
the third time an incorrect password is entered.

Table 274   Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection Commands 

sys pwderrtm 

This command displays the brute-force guessing password protection settings. 

sys pwderrtm 0

This command turns off the password’s protection from brute-force guessing. The 

brute-force password guessing protection is turned off by default.

sys pwderrtm N

This command sets the password protection to block all access attempts for N (a 

number from 1 to 60) minutes after the third time an incorrect password is entered.