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Unique Characters rule

The Unique Characters rule rejects passwords that don't contain a minimum number of unique characters. For example, the password aaaaaaaa only contains one unique character (a), whereas mypassword contains nine unique characters (mypasword). Increasing the number of unique characters in a password reduces repetition. This increases password entropy and makes the password harder to guess or crack.

Unique characters rule

Select the Unique characters checkbox to enable the Unique Characters rule.

Select the minimum number of unique characters from the Must contain dropdown. Password Policy Enforcer rejects the password if it doesn't contain at least this many unique characters. This rule is case sensitive, so LoOpHole contains seven unique characters (LoOpHle).