beautypg.com

Brute-force password guessing protection, Brute-force password guessing protection (711) – ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyWALL 2WG User Manual

Page 711

background image

ZyWALL 2WG User’s Guide

711

A

P P E N D I X

K

Brute-Force Password Guessing

Protection

Brute-force password guessing protection allows you to specify a wait-time that must expire
before entering a fourth password after three incorrect passwords have been entered.
The following describes the commands for enabling, disabling and configuring the brute-force
password guessing protection mechanism for the password. See

Appendix I on page 701

for

information on the command structure.

Example

sys pwderrtm 5

This command sets the password protection to block all access attempts for five minutes after
the third time an incorrect password is entered.

Table 273 Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection Commands

COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

sys pwderrtm

This command displays the brute-force guessing password protection settings.

sys pwderrtm 0

This command turns off the password’s protection from brute-force guessing. The

brute-force password guessing protection is turned off by default.

sys pwderrtm N

This command sets the password protection to block all access attempts for N (a

number from 1 to 60) minutes after the third time an incorrect password is entered.