Include Both Uppercase And Lowercase Characters

Password Requirements

When you change the password of one of your accounts through the Change Password page, the new password must meet history and complexity requirements.
This page explains these requirements in detail.

History requirements

The password must not be identical to one of the last 6 passwords that were used for that account.

Complexity requirements

Passwords must be at least 8 characters long.

Example	Valid	Reason
Xyz123	No	Password is only 6 characters long.
Xyz12345	Yes	Password is 8 characters long.

The password must contain at least three character categories among the following:

Uppercase characters (A-Z)
Lowercase characters (a-z)
Digits (0-9)
Special characters (~!@#$%^&*_-+=`|\(){}[]:;"'<>,.?/)

Example	Teruji	Reason
42abcdef	No	Password contains only two character categories: digits and lowercase characters.
42-abcdef	Yes	Password contains three character categories: digits, lowercase characters and special characters.

The password must not contain the login of the account or a part of its name.

Example	Meyakinkan	Reason (for account with name "John Doe" and login "jdoe")
123-jdoe	No	Password contains the login of the account (jdoe).
JOHN-xyz	No	Password contains part of the name of the account (john).
1234-xyz	Yes	Password does not contain the login or part of the name of the account.

The password must not contain a single common English or French word. This restriction does not apply if the password is more than 10 characters long.

Example	Valid	Reason
Apple$$$	No	Password contains a single English common word ("apple").
Pear-Apple	Yes	Password contains two common words ("pear" and "apple").
123-Apple-$$$	Yes	Password contain a single English common word ("apple") but is longer than 10 characters.