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System Settings - Security

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Item

Option(s)

Description/Comments

Require SSL on all pages?

Yes/No

This should ideally be set to yes. It forces all pages to be https on the website and is important since the changes in web browsers that flag http pages as ‘Not Secure’

Allow members to login using their membership number?

Yes/No

Members can login using their membership number and password rather than username when this is enabled.

Minimum password length

Select from Drop-down

Sets the parameters required for members’ passwords

Minimum special characters

Select from Drop-down

Sets the parameters required for members’ passwords.

NOTE:The Microsoft login provider that SM use doesn’t have any restrictions on the characters used in the password. However, the list of characters that will pass the SM validation when setting a password is as follows: !@#$£&*%()-/:-?{-~^_`\[]

Minimum lowercase characters

Select from Drop-down

Sets the parameters required for members’ passwords

Minimum uppercase characters

Select from Drop-down

Sets the parameters required for members’ passwords

Minimum numeric characters

Select from Drop-down

Sets the parameters required for members’ passwords

Allow user to view password characters?

Yes/No

Set to ‘yes’ to enable the option for users to be able to see their password as it is entered on the Login page

Viewing login page redirects to home when logged in?

Yes/No

If a member navigates to the login page when already logged in, they will be redirected to the home page so that they can’t see the login page when this setting is enabled.


Page last updated on: 08/05/2023 17:07