Password Restrictions
Overview
The following restrictions will apply to all normal, name-based NetID accounts:
Force user to click “Update password” or “Ignore” Yes, visit netid.usf.edu to change your password at any time None Yes, visit netid.usf.edu to change your password at any time No 5 previously recorded passwords 15 characters 132 characters 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. Currently not available. 100 per minute 100 per hour 30 minutesWarning page auto-redirects after few seconds:
May change password via web self-service before it expires:
Grace period (# of times old password will be accepted) after password has expired:
May reset password via web self-service (after it expires):
May reset via call or fax (versus “physical proofing” by a designated USF employee) to Help Desk:
History / Reusability (New password cannot match any of this many previously recorded ones):
Minimum length:
Maximum length:
Complexity / Strength:
Display of a user-selected phrase and image to validate that it’s our system requesting their password and not a phishing scam:
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":
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”:
Failed-login lockout duration:
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