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| Exhibit 6: Access Controls Available | ||||||||
| Regarding passwords | ||||||||
| Accounting software product | Are passwords assigned tousers or tasks? | What is the minimum number of characters a password may contain? | What is the maximum number of characters a password may contain? | Which keyboard symbols can be used in passwords? | Does a log record the time of each user access? | Are program files compiled? | Are data files stored in ASCII format? | Are data files encrypted? |
| ACCPAC | Users | 1 | 8 | Alphanumeric | No | Yes | No | No |
| Great Plains Dynamics | Users | 1 | 15 | All | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Impact Encore | Users | 1 | 4 | All | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| MAS 90 | Users | 3 | 8 | No lowercase | No | Yes | No | No |
| Progression | Users | 1 | 10 | All | No | Yes | No | No |
| SBT Pro | Users | Set by administrator | All | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Solomon | Users | 1 | 12 | No lowercase | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Traverse | Users | 1 | 14 | All | No | No | No | No |
| Visual Accounting | Users | 1 | 15 | All | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
