What are the requirements for a password in Windows 10?
For the latest best practices, see Password Guidance. Set Passwords must meet complexity requirements to Enabled. This policy setting, combined with a minimum password length of 8, ensures that there are at least 218,340,105,584,896 different possibilities for a single password. This setting makes a brute force attack difficult,
When do passwords need to meet complexity requirements?
Reference. The Passwords must meet complexity requirements policy setting determines whether passwords must meet a series of strong-password guidelines. When enabled, this setting requires passwords to meet the following requirements: Passwords may not contain the user’s samAccountName (Account Name) value or entire displayName (Full Name value).
What are the requirements for a local account password?
Local account settings are configured separately from domain account settings. Stupid suggestion, but does you have verified that the user’s password meets the requirements: Passwords must not contain the user’s entire samAccountName (Account Name) value or entire displayName (Full Name) value.
Is the minimum password age set to 0?
Now, you stated that your Minimum Password Age is set to 0. Either the accounts or the OUs are blocking inheritance of the policy…despite it showing the proper policy with “net accounts” the particular user doesn’t seem to be getting it applied. There are some DC’s that are blocking inheritance and not getting the proper settings.
What’s the minimum number of possible passwords that can be used?
This policy setting, combined with a minimum password length of 8, ensures that there are at least 218,340,105,584,896 different possibilities for a single password. This makes a brute force attack difficult, but still not impossible.
Do you need a certificate for 802.1 X?
The 802.1 x client doesn’t use registry-based certificates that are either smart-card certificates or certificates that are protected with a password. The Subject Alternative Name (SubjectAltName) extension in the certificate contains the user principal name (UPN) of the user.