Change sFTP password length of 88 characters

VIAL INGENIEROS 86 Reputation points
2021-11-24T05:08:30.687+00:00

Hello, I hope you can help me.

I enabled sFTP on an Azure Blob Storage Container. But the SSH password that is created by default is 88 characters.

The usage of this sFTP is to load photos taken by an IP camera, but this camera accepts a password of max. 16 characters. I am sure there are other devices that have this limitation.

In the Azure Portal I dont see options to manually change this password. What are my alternatives? Thank you!

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  1. Sumarigo-MSFT 44,906 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-11-29T02:52:45.373+00:00

    @VIAL INGENIEROS Thank you for your time and patience!

    We don’t allow manual passwords due to security concerns. The Azure generated password is structured to meet Storage security requirements. We have not come across any other use cases that require a shorter password due to client limitations but will keep your scenario in your bucket.

    If you wish you may leave your feedback here, All the feedback you share in these forums will be monitored and reviewed by the Microsoft engineering teams responsible for building Azure.

    Is it possible for the camera to push the image to a computer/server that has a standard SFTP client which can upload to Blob storage?

    Please let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.

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  2. VIAL INGENIEROS 86 Reputation points
    2022-02-01T04:55:47.523+00:00

    Hello Sumarigo. Thanks for your help. I will reach out.

    Automatically generating a password with less characters would solve this issue (make the length a parameter).

    We are using two hikvision cameras: one ANPR camera (Hikvision iDS-2CD7A26G0/P-IZHS) and one Wide Angle camera (Hikvision DS-2CD2T45G0P-I).
    We are currently using the camera API for image transfer, no FTP.
    All Hikvision cameras in the market are restricted to a pwd of max 16 characters:

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  3. Charles Goodwin 11 Reputation points
    2022-05-05T13:42:31.09+00:00

    Also Cisco ISE and Cisco FMC are not capable of using 88 character passwords, so we cannot use this service as the backup repository as we would like to do.

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  4. TOLVEET 11 Reputation points
    2022-05-13T00:19:15.02+00:00

    No updates on this? this is a huge stopper for using ftp capability.

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  5. Ray Monks 6 Reputation points
    2022-06-14T13:44:26.843+00:00

    Just adding another entry that states we also CANNOT use 88 characters with our application.

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