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PwdIgnoreSequence Method—Determines whether To Ignore Sequence when Calculating the New Password

The PwdIgnoreSequence method specifies whether to ignore sequence (that is, character position) when the different-from-previous-characters percentage is calculated.

Syntax

The PwdIgnoreSequence method has the following format:

Netegrity::PolicyMgtPwdPolicy‑>PwdIgnoreSequence([pwdPctSeq])

Parameters

The PwdIgnoreSequence method accepts the following parameter:

pwdPctSeq (int)

(Optional) Specifies whether to ignore the sequence of characters when creating a new password:

• 1 ignores sequence when calculating the previous password difference percentage
• 0 considers sequence

Return Value

The PwdIgnoreSequence method returns one of the following values:

• 1 to ignore sequence
• 0 to consider sequence

Remarks

For example, suppose a user's previous password is BASEBALL12:

• If you set this method to 1 (ignore sequence), the user can't choose 12BASEBALL as the new password. That's because the characters are the same as in the previous password, regardless of the character sequence.
• If you set this method to 0 (consider sequence), the user can choose 12BASEBALL as the new password because the characters occur in a different sequence.

For greater security, pass 1 into this method.