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UCInetID Password Policy
UCInetID Password Policy
- Passwords must be at least 8 characters in length.
- Passwords must contain at least one alphabetical character, upper or lower case: e.g. A/a through Z/z.
- Passwords are case-sensitive and may have both upper and lower case letters.
- Passwords must contain at least one non-alphabetical character, which is not the first or last character of the password.
- You may not re-use your current password, or any of your previous passwords.
- Passwords must not contain the space character
- Passwords must not contain non printable characters such as those created by using the CTRL or ALT key on your keyboard.
- Passwords must not use alphabetic, or keyboard sequential characters such as "abcde" or "qwerty".
- Passwords must not contain characters that repeat more than twice, e.g. "aaa" or "jjj".
- Passswords must not contain any part of your Employee, Student, or Sponsored ID numbers.
- Passwords must not contain any part of your date of birth.
- Passwords must not contain your UCInetID, forward or reverse.
- Passwords must not contain any part of your name, forward or reverse.