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title: Settings - Protection
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> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

| General                                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| Display account lock information message | Indicates if user friendly information about account lock should be displayed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Enable Autocomplete                      | If true [Autocomplete ](https://docs.kentico.com/k10/managing-users/user-registration-and-authentication/configuring-autocomplete-for-user-names.md)for user name text box in sign-in form is enabled.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Bad words                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Check bad words                          | Determines if [bad word](https://docs.kentico.com/k10/community-features/bad-words.md) check should be performed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Bad word replacement                     | Default replacement text which will be used during bad word check.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Bad word action                          | Default action which will be performed during bad words check.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Banned IPs                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Enable banned IPs                        | Enables or disables [banned IPs](https://docs.kentico.com/k10/securing-websites/designing-secure-websites/securing-and-protecting-the-system/banned-ips.md) features.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Redirect banned IPs to URL               | If the IP address is banned the user is redirected to this page.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Flood protection                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Enable flood protection                  | Enables or disables [flood protection](https://docs.kentico.com/k10/securing-websites/designing-secure-websites/securing-and-protecting-the-system/flood-protection.md), which prevents spam on forums and other community services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Flood protection interval                | Value in seconds which represent the minimal interval between user's actions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| CAPTCHA settings                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Control to use                           | Determines the default CAPTCHA control that should be used for [CAPTCHA verification](https://docs.kentico.com/k10/securing-websites/designing-secure-websites/securing-and-protecting-the-system/spam-protection-captcha.md) throughout the system – in web parts and for the **Security code** form control. The following four types of controls are available:<br>Logic CAPTCHA – requires answering a logical question.<br>Simple CAPTCHA – requires re-typing of a string displayed in an image.<br>Text CAPTCHA – requires re-typing of a string into multiple fields.<br>reCAPTCHA – the default reCAPTCHA implementation no longer works after March 31, 2018. See [Spam protection (CAPTCHA)](https://docs.kentico.com/k10/securing-websites/designing-secure-websites/securing-and-protecting-the-system/spam-protection-captcha.md) for more information. |
| reCAPTCHA private API key                | The secret API key for the site where you want to use reCAPTCHA.<br>Obtain the necessary API keys from <https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin>.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| reCAPTCHA public API key                 | The site API key for the site where you want to use reCAPTCHA.<br>Obtain the necessary API keys from <https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin>.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Invalid sign-in attempts                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Maximum invalid sign-in attempts         | Maximum invalid sign-in attempts before the user account is locked. If set to _0_, [invalid sign-in attempts](https://docs.kentico.com/k10/securing-websites/designing-secure-websites/securing-user-accounts-and-passwords/invalid-sign-in-attempts.md) functionality is disabled.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Send unlock account e-mail               | Indicates if an account unlock email is sent when a user account is locked due to reaching the maximum invalid sign-in attempts.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Unlock user account path                 | Path to custom page for unlocking user account (if not set, system page \~/CMSModules/Membership/CMSPages/UnlockUserAccount.aspx will be used).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Screen lock                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Enable screen lock                       | Enables or disables [screen lock](https://docs.kentico.com/k10/securing-websites/designing-secure-websites/securing-and-protecting-the-system/screen-locking.md) feature, which locks the part of the browser with the Kentico administration interface.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Lock interval (minutes)                  | Time (in minutes) that has to pass before the screen is locked. This value has to be greater than 0 and lower than session timeout.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Warning interval (seconds)               | Warning period (in seconds). Warning with countdown is shown for this number of seconds before the screen is locked.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
