Password policies facilitate user logons while ensuring the organization's security. The Access Portal Service lets administrators set policies that control automatic password generation.
Most applications have constraints for passwords: how long they can or must be, whether they must or must not include numbers or symbols, and so on. the Access Portal Service's password generation feature improves application logon security by automatically creating passwords made up of random characters according to predefined sets of constraints, stored as password policies. Each policy can apply to multiple applications or subscribers.
Using predefined password policies, you can completely automate password changes and implement sophisticated security schemes, including complex passwords and application-specific passwords unknown to users.
To manage password generation policies, click Federation at the top of the Administrative Console, then click Password Generation Policies in the Access Portal Service section. A new tab containing options to search and create opens.
Figure 54-1 Password Generation Policies Search/Create Tab
You can search for an existing password generation policy.
To search:
You can create a new password generation policy.
To create a new password generation policy:
Figure 54-2 New Password Generation Policy Summary Tab
Figure 54-3 Password Constraints Tab of a Password Generation Policy