4.2. Account setup from the configuration menu

4.2.2. Related principles

4.2.2.1. Authentication mode

A user's authentication is achieved by means of a login/password pair.

4.2.2.2. Password management

It is possible to change the password of the setup account from the GUI.

See section `Authentication` command

4.2.2.3. Password management policy

The passwords entered must comply with the password management policy.

The default policy is as follows:

Criteria	Default value
Number of different characters to make a password to be considered different	2
Minimum password length	12
At least one lower case letter	Yes
At least one upper case letter	Yes
At least one digit (0 to 9)	Yes
At least one symbol (i.e. neither a number nor a letter)	Yes

4.2.2.4. Anti-bruteforce system

An anti-bruteforce system is included on the GCenter.

The latter's policy will be as follows:

Blocking for 15 minutes after 3 failed authentication attempts in a row
10 second delay between each failed authentication attempt

4.2.3. Functions allowed in the setup account

From the setup account, it is possible to access the entire configuration menu (GUI).
The configuration menu is described in the Overview of the configuration menu.
The permitted functions are described in the Use case of the configuration menu: setup account.