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# User password policy

A password policy is a set of rules designed to enhance computer security by encouraging users to employ strong passwords and use them properly.

In the security-section of your administrator-settings you can configure

- a minimal length of a password. Default is 8 characters.

- a password history

- a password expiration period

- a lockout policy

- to forbid common passwords like ‘password’ or ‘login’.

- to enforce upper and lower case characters

- to enforce numeric characters

- to enforce special characters like ! or :

- to check the password against the list of breached passwords from haveibeenpwnd.com (hashed check via haveibeenpwnd.com-API)

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