How To: Change the Password Complexity

How to change the password complexity

1.      Select the password complexity you would like. Here is a reference guide-  Regular Expression Cheat Sheet

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2.      Enter the ‘passwordStrengthRegularExpression’ in the Portal web.config, in the <providers> tag for “PortalMembership”. Below is an example:

<membership defaultProvider="PortalMembership">

      <providers>

        <clear />

        <add name="PortalMembership" passwordStrengthRegularExpression="(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[\w]){10,20}" description="Users Stored in the Portal Database" type="Passageways.Portal.Web.PortalMembershipProvider, Passageways.Portal.Web" />

              </providers>

    </membership>

Explanation of Regular expression used in example:

passwordStrengthRegularExpression="(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[\w]){10,20}"

This password requires the following:

1. It must be 10 characters or larger and a max of 20.

2. It must contain a mix of at least one of each of the following: 

a. Uppercase alpha character (A, B, C, etc.) 

b. Lower case alpha character (a, b, c, etc.) 

c. Number (1, 2, 3, etc.) 

d. Symbol (*, #, $, etc.)