Overview#

Password Modification Policy describes policies enforced when passwords are subject to a Password Modify Operation added or modified with either a Password Change or a Password Reset.

Password Validator (or Verifier) is a Policy Enforcement Point for the Password Policy and more specifically the Password Modification Policy and may be implemented at the Point of any Credential Enrollment, Password Change or Password Reset

Password Modification Policy is typically a part of the Password Policy. We break this out of the Password Policy as Password Modification Policy applies to the the end user and includes:

• Password Validity Policy
• Password Quality

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• NspmComplexityRules
• Password Authentication is Broken
• Password Character Composition
• Password Maximum Length
• Password Minimum Length
• Password Policy
• Password Quality
• Password Reuse
• Password Validator
• PwdMaxLength
• PwdMinLength