COMPUTER NETWORKING

NETWORK SECURITY

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
By default, what is the minimum number of characters for a password in a Windows Server 2012 installation?
A
8
B
5
C
6
D
7
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Minimum Password length to 15 characters in Windows Server 2012 R2.

Detailed explanation-2: -Best practices. Set minimum password length to at least a value of 8. If the number of characters is set to 0, no password is required. In most environments, an eight-character password is recommended because it’s long enough to provide adequate security and still short enough for users to easily remember.

Detailed explanation-3: -You can see the current password policy settings in the Default Domain Policy in the gpmc. msc console (on the Settings tab). Also, you can check the current AD password policy settings on any domain computer using the gpresult command.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is the maximum password length in Active Directory? The maximum length of a password supported by AD is 256 characters.

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