Bio Lab 7 Essay

RAQUEL
 LEWIS
 
CSIA-­‐FOUNDATIONS
 OF
 CYBER
 SECURITY
 
LAB#7(5&10)
 
APRIL
 26
 2015
 

 

 

 
The
 explain
 tab
 under
 the
 enforce
 password
 history
 tab
 explains
 how
 Microsoft
 uses
 
time
 to
 determine
 when
 a
 password
 can
 be
 reused.
 
 The
 policy
 enables
 
administrator
 to
 enhance
 security
 by
 not
 having
 a
 password
 being
 used
 too
 often.
 

 
Maximum
 password
 age-­‐
 this
 setting
 determines
 the
 amount
 of
 days
 that
 a
 
password
 can
 be
 used
 before
 the
 user
 is
 prompted
 to
 change
 it.
 The
 days
 can
 be
 
between
 1-­‐999
 days
 or
 if
 the
 password
 never
 expire
 the
 number
 of
 days
 will
 be
 0.
 

 
Minimum
 password
 age-­‐
 this
 age
 must
 be
 less
 than
 the
 maximum
 password
 age.
 
This
 can
 be
 between
 0-­‐998
 days.
 
 

 
Minimum
 length
 password-­‐determines
 the
 least
 number
 of
 characters
 for
 a
 
password.
 Values
 can
 be
 set
 between
 1-­‐14
 or
 if
 no
 password
 is
 required
 the
 value
 is
 
set
 to
 0.
 

 
Password
 complexity
 requirements-­‐
 determines
 if
 password
 must
 meet
 complexity
 
requirement.
 For
 example,
 if
 password
 needs
 special
 characters
 ($@#$),
 upper
 and
 
lower
 case
 letters
 and/or
 numbers.
 

 
Reversible
 encryption-­‐this
 policy
 supports
 applications
 that
 use
 protocols
 and
 
requires
 knowing
 a
 user’s
 password.
 This
 means
 storing
 passwords...