Lucent Technologies Octel Unified Messenger Concepts and Planning Guide 101-1620-005 User Manual

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Connecting with the PBX and establishing security rules

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The administrator can also enable password expiration that forces
subscribers to change passwords at predetermined time intervals.
Changing passwords periodically reduces the chances of an unauthorized
user gaining access to a subscriber’s mailbox.

Table 6-1.

Probability of guessing password

Number of digits in the
password

Odds of correctly guessing the
password

1

1 in 9

2

1 in 90

3

1 in 900

4

1 in 9,000

5

1 in 90,000

6

1 in 900,000

7

1 in 9,000,000

8

1 in 90,000,000

9

1 in 900,000,000

10

1 in 9,000,000,000

11

1 in 90,000,000,000

12

1 in 900,000,000,000

13

1 in 9,000,000,000,000

14

1 in 90,000,000,000,000

15

1 in 900,000,000,000,000

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