Character Pattern Rule

The Character Pattern rule rejects passwords that contain character patterns such as "abcde". Passwords shouldn't contain character patterns because they can weaken the password.

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Select the Enabled checkbox to enable the Character Pattern rule.
Select the Detect character substitution checkbox if Password Policy Enforcer should reject passwords that rely on character substitution to comply with this rule.
Select the Bi-directional analysis checkbox if Password Policy Enforcer should additionally test passwords with their characters reversed. Enabling bi-directional analysis stops users from circumventing this rule by reversing the order of characters in their password. For example, a user may enter "edcba" instead of "abcde".
Choose a value from the Tolerance dropdown list to specify the longest pattern that Password Policy Enforcer will tolerate before rejecting a password. For example, the password "passwordwxyz" contains a four-character pattern (shown in bold type). Password Policy Enforcer rejects this password if the tolerance is set to three or lower, and accepts it if the tolerance is set to four or higher. Choose the Auto value if passwords should be rejected if they only contain a single, continuous, character pattern. For example, "abcde" would be rejected, but "abcdz" and "abc123" wouldn't.
Click the Character Patterns button to select which character patterns Password Policy Enforcer detects. You must select at least one pattern.
Click the Messages tab to customize the Password Policy Client rule inserts.