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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
Internet Explorer, go to Tools > Internet Options, click on the Advanced tab, and scroll to
the bottom of the Settings menu. In Firefox, go to Tools > Options, click on the Advanced
tab, and then click on the Encryption tab.
SonicOS Enhanced 5.0 introduced password constraint enforcement, which can be configured
to ensure that administrators and users are using secure passwords. This password constraint
enforcement can satisfy the confidentiality requirements as defined by current information
security management systems or compliance requirements, such as Common Criteria and the
Payment Card Industry (PCI) standard.
The Password must be changed every (days) setting requires users to change their
passwords after the designated number of days has elapsed. When a user attempts to login
with an expired password, a pop-up window will prompt the user to enter a new password. The
User Login Status window now includes a Change Password button so that users can change
their passwords at any time.
The Bar repeated passwords for this many changes setting requires users to use unique
passwords for the specified number of password changes.
The Enforce a minimum password length of setting sets the shortest allowed password.
The Enforce password complexity pulldown menu provides the following options:
• Require both alphabetic and numeric characters
• Require alphabetic, numeric, and symbolic characters
The Apply these password constraints for checkboxes specify which classes of users the
password constraints are applied to. The administrator checkbox refers to the default
administrator with the username admin.
The Log out the Administrator Inactivity Timeout after inactivity of (minutes) setting
allows you to set the length of inactivity time that elapses before you are automatically logged
out of the Management Interface. By default, the SonicWALL security appliance logs out the
administrator after five minutes of inactivity. The inactivity timeout can range from 1 to 99
minutes. Click Accept, and a message confirming the update is displayed at the bottom of the
browser window.