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NUMBER OF TIMES TO TRY FOR PASSWORD sets the maximum number
of invalid password attempts. After this is exceeded the
user will be disconnected.
LOGONS BEFORE FORCED PASSWORD CHANGE is another security
feature. If this is set to any non-zero value, then all
users (excluding the sysop) will be forced to change their
password every number of logons as determined by its value.
TIME LIMIT FOR LOG-ON PERIOD specifies how much time to
grant to a user before the system knows how much time he/she
is entitled to. You should make this long enough to enable a
new user to complete the new user procedure and
questionnaire, if you have one.
MAXIMUM USER INACTIVITY PERIOD determines how long to wait
during periods of inactivity before disconnecting. The
inactive time period is measured from the last character
sent to the modem, and users are given a warning that they
are about to be disconnected fifteen seconds before the
timer expires. This feature is automatically disabled in
local mode, or by a setting of zero.
ALLOW USERS TO UPLOAD MESSAGES. When this option is set
to "Yes", when users enter a message they are asked if they
wish to "upload a prepared message?" This allows the user to
prepare his/her messages offline and send them using any of
the available file transfer protocols. Note that ONLY
internal protocols may be used as RemoteAccess does not have
enough control over the external ones. The maximum size of a
message that may be uploaded is pre-set at 20k.
The KILL MESSAGES AFTER SENT option applies to NetMail sent
through a mail network. When the message is entered, if set
to "Ask", it will ask the user whether to delete his/her
message after it has been exported from the message
database.
STRICT PASSWORD CHECKING is an invaluable security feature
which if enabled, will check passwords that users enter. You
can specify certain undesirable passwords in a control file
(see the section on EXTERNAL FILES), such as "Secret" or
"Test". It will also disallow the user's first or last name
as a password, and checks the old and new passwords for
phonetic similarity.
You may also specify the minimum password length that users
may select. Longer passwords mean better security, a value
of 4 is recommended as an absolute minimum.
If a user logs on and is disconnected because he/she enters
his or her password incorrectly, RemoteAccess can notify
that user of a possible attempt at guessing the password, by
way of a private message. In the SECURITY WATCHDOG MESSAGE
AREA field, specify the message area number (as per your
message area configuration) that the warning message should
be placed in. A value of zero disables this feature. In
addition, you will need to create an ASCII text file called
WATCHDOG.MSG in the system directory that contains the text
of the message that is sent to the user.
If ALLOW NETMAIL REPLIES TO ECHOMAIL is enabled, when
replying to an EchoMail message, users will be asked if they
would like to reply directly to the originator of the
message via netmail, rather than replying in the same area
with a message that might not be of interest to the other
participants. Note that this {+} registered only option is
only enabled if RemoteAccess can determine where the
original message came from.
If a user is disconnected due to exceeding the incorrect
number of password tries, you may give him/her the option of
sending a message to the sysop by setting the PWD FAILURE
MSG AREA to the number of the message area you would like
the message to be posted in. A value of zero disables this
feature. {+} Registered only.
If ASK FOR MESSAGE DELETE CONFIRMATION is enabled, users
will be asked for confirmation every time they elect to
delete a message from the message reading prompt.
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