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Defining Password Management Procedures

When using the Siebel Mobile Web Client, secure access to the Siebel Server and to data on the local database by implementing password management procedures as follows:

• Implement the following password functionality for local database authentication provided by Siebel Business Applications:
  • Lock applications after a given number of failed-access attempts.
  • Disable passwords after a given period.
  • Check password formats based on specified rules.
  • Reset user passwords. The administrator performs this task.
• To guard against unauthorized administrative access to the local database, change the local database DBA password from the default value, which is the first eight characters of the Siebel Enterprise name.

  Specify a strong password for the local DBA by modifying the value of the New DBA Password parameter when generating a new database template.

• Enable password hashing. For information on this task, see About Configuring Password Hashing for Users.