Signon Profile Options

Profile Option	Description	Default Value	My Recommendation
Signon Password Failure Limit	The Signon Password Failure Limit profile option determines the maximum number of login attempts before the user’s account is disabled.	NULL	5
Signon Password Hard to Guess	The Signon Password Hard to Guess profile option sets rules for choosing passwords to ensure that they will be “hard to guess.” A password is considered hard-to-guess if it follows these rules: ·         The password contains at least one letter and at least one number. ·         The password does not contain the username. ·         The password does not contain repeating characters	No	Yes
Signon Password Length	Signon Password Length sets the minimum length of an Applications signon password.	5	7
Signon Password No Reuse	This profile option specifies the number of days that a user must wait before being allowed to reuse a password.	NULL	90
Signon Password Case	Oracle Applications gives you the ability to control case sensitivity in user passwords through this profile option.	Insensitive	Sensitive
ICX: Session Timeout	This profile option determines the length of time (in minutes) of inactivity in a user’s session before the session is disabled. If the user does not perform any operation in Oracle Applications for longer than this value, the session is disabled. The user is provided the opportunity to re-authenticate and re-enable a timed-out session. If re-authentication is successful, the session is re-enabled and no work is lost. Otherwise, Oracle Applications exit without saving pending work.	30 Minutes	30 Minutes