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Application Management is a new tool that provides the capability to manage many security-related system settings.

On SBC main screen, go to Administration > Users and Application Management > Application Management. The Application Management window is displayed.

Users and Application Management - Application Management

Configure Accounts

This section provides you an option to disable accounts. Enter the following fields and click Save:

  • Disable after Failed Attempts: The accounts gets disabled after successive failed attempts.
  • Disable OS Users After Failed Attempts: The Linux OS users gets blocked after certain failed attempts.
  • Disable if Account is Unused: The account gets disabled if it is not used for specific period of time.
  • Disable after no use for: The account gets disabled after the number of days mentioned for this parameter.

Configure Password

This section provides an option to configure passwords for users. It also specifies the criteria to establish a good password to access the EMA. Enter the following fields and click Save:

  • Enable Password Expiration: If this field is enabled, every password will have an expiration date.
  • Expire Password after: Specifies the number of days to retain the existing password. After which, the password gets expired. The value ranges from 30 to 180 days and the default value is 90 days.
  • Warn User of Expiring Password: The system warns the user of expiring password prior to the number of days mentioned against this field. The default value is 12 days.
  • Prevent Reuse of Last: This field prevents the user from re-using the last few passwords (last 4 passwords).
  • Min Length: Specifies the minimum number of characters in a password. The default value is 8 characters.
  • Min Uppercase Characters: Specifies the minimum number of uppercase characters that can be used to create the password. Minimum required is 1 Uppercase character.
  • Min Special Characters: Specifies the minimum number of special characters that are allowed in a password. Minimum required is 1 Special character.
  • Min Digits: Specifies the minimum number of digits that are allowed in a password. Minimum required is 1 Digit.
  • Max Consecutive Repeats of Character: Specifies the number of times a character can be reused in a password. A maximum of 3 consecutive repeats are allowed.
  • Min Number of Characters Different than Previous Password: Specifies the number of characters that should be different from the last password created. Allowed number of characters are 4.

The following table describes the minimum, maximum and default values to configure the password:

Password Rules

Parameter NameRangeDefault / Required
Expire Password after30-180 days90 days
Warn User of Expiring PasswordNA12 days
Prevent Reuse of LastNA4 passwords

Min Length

8-24 characters

8 characters (required)

Min Uppercase Chars

NA1 character (required)
Min Special CharactersNA1 character (required)
Min DigitsNA1 digit (required)
Max Consecutive Repeats of CharacterNA3 repeats (max)
Min Number of Characters Different than Previous PasswordNA4 characters (min)

Configure Sessions

You can configure the options for sessions in this section. You can set the number of sessions allowed for each user along with the time for each session to be alive.

Enter the following fields and click Save:

  • Limit Sessions to: You can limit the number of sessions assigned to each user. The maximum sessions for a user is 5.

  • Force Session Timeout: The application closes once the session time expires.

    It is recommended that Force Session Time option is always checked. This allows the software to automatically clean up the abandoned browser sessions after the specified timeout period. An abandoned browser session occurs when the user closes the browser without logging out of the application. If Force Session Timeout is unchecked, these abandoned sessions are not cleaned up and cause the user to reach their maximum number of allowed sessions.

  • End Session after: Specify the time in minutes after which the session times out.

Configure Login Banner

This section provides an option to configure your own banner which would appear on the Login screen of the EMA for all your users. Follow these steps and click Save:

  1. Enable Show Login Banner option to display all fields.
  2. Enable Require User to Acknowledge Banner before Loggin in option to receive acknowledgement from the users every time they try to login.
  3. Enter your text that should be displayed as Banner in the text box next to Banner Text option.

Once the changes are saved, the Banner text will appear on the login screen.

 

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