This section describes the following rules for validating a password:

• AllowedCharacterPRule: Determines if a password contains allowed characters.
• AlphabeticalSequenceRule: Determines if a password contains an alphabetical keyboard sequence.
• CharacterCharacteristicsPRule: Determines if a password contains the desired mix of character types.
• Dictionaryprule: Determines if a password matches a dictionary word.
• DigitCharacterPRule: Determines if a password contains the correct number of digit characters.
• EmailPRule: Determines if a password contains the email associated with that password.
• HistoryPRule: Determines if a password matches one of any N previous passwords a user has chosen.
• IllegalCharacterPRule: Determines if a password contains an illegal character.
• LengthPRule: Determines if a password is within a desired length.
• LowercaseCharacterPRule: Determines if a password contains the correct number of lowercase characters.
• NonAlphanumericCharacterPRule: Determines if a password contains the correct number of non-alphanumeric characters.
• QwertySequencePRule: Determines if a password contains a QWERTY keyboard sequence.
• RepeatCharacterRegexPRule: Determines if a password contains a duplicate ASCII keyboard sequence.
• UppercaseCharacterPRule: Determines if a password contains the correct number of uppercase characters.
• UsernamePRule: Determines if a password contains the username associated with the password.
• WhitespacePRule: Determines if a password contains whitespace characters.
• NumericalSequencePRule: Determines if a password contains a numerical keyboard sequence.
• Example of Password Policy The password policy example.