Warning page auto-redirects after few seconds:

Force user to click “Update password” or “Ignore”

May change password via web self-service before it expires:

Yes,

visit netid.usf.edu

 to change your password at any time

Grace period (# of times old password will be accepted) after password has expired:

None

May reset password via web self-service (after it expires):

Yes, visit netid.usf.edu to change your password at any time

May reset via call or fax (versus “physical proofing” by a designated USF employee) to Help Desk:

No

History / Reusability

(New password cannot match any of this many previously recorded ones):

5 previously recorded passwords

Minimum length:

15 characters

Maximum length:

132 characters

Complexity / Strength:

New passwords must score sufficiently high against a list of password strength library of over 75,000 common passwords. The score increases as you include numbers, mixed-case, special characters, or increase the length. Password strength meter must read at least “Good” before the new password will be accepted.

Display of a user-selected phrase and image to validate that it’s our system requesting their password and not a phishing scam

:

Currently not available.

Maximum failed login attempts (which can be used by to combat “brute force” attacks)

from the same IP address (which CAS knows) before that IP-address is “locked":

100 per minute

Maximum failed login attempts (which can be used by to combat “brute force” attacks) against the same account (which LDAP knows) before that account is “locked”:

100 per hour

Failed-login lockout duration:

If you are unable to solve your issue with this knowledge article you can contact the IT Service Desk by calling (813) 974-HELP (4357) or emailing help@usf.edu. 

30 minutes