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Password security
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Password aging time
Passwords expire after a specified aging period. The aging period is
configurable, with a range of 1 day to approximately 7.5 years (2730 days).
The default is 180 days. When a password has aged out, the user is
prompted to create a new password. Only users with a valid RW password
can create a new RW or RO password.
configurable, with a range of 1 day to approximately 7.5 years (2730 days).
The default is 180 days. When a password has aged out, the user is
prompted to create a new password. Only users with a valid RW password
can create a new RW or RO password.
Read-Only and Read-Write passwords must be different
The RO and RW passwords cannot be the same.
Applicable passwords
The password security feature applies these enhanced features to the
following passwords:
following passwords:
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Switch RO password
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Switch RW password
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Stack RO password
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Stack RW password
The password security feature applies only the display and verification
restrictions to the following passwords:
restrictions to the following passwords:
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RADIUS Shared Secret
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Read-Only community string
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Read-Write community string
Enabling and disabling password security
Password security can only be enabled or disabled from the CLI. When
password security is enabled, the following occurs:
password security is enabled, the following occurs:
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Current passwords remain unchanged if they meet the required
specifications. If they do not meet the required specifications, the user is
prompted to change them to valid passwords.
specifications. If they do not meet the required specifications, the user is
prompted to change them to valid passwords.
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An empty password history bank is established.
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Password verification is enabled.
When password security is disabled, the following occurs:
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Current passwords remain valid.
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Password history bank is removed.
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Password verification is disabled.
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series
Security — Configuration and Management
NN47215-505 (323165-B)
02.01
Standard
4.1
19 November 2007
Copyright © 2007, Nortel Networks
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