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August 19, 2005
Automatic Password Synching
We all know the joy of holding dozens of passwords in our heads. Travis and I are actively working on reducing this headache. We are in the process of setting up a method that synchs passwords for Network and Email/Calendar logins. The tricky part at this junction is securing communication between Active Directory LDAP and Solaris LDAP. We currently have it working for all users if the password is changed on the Windows side. Summer has written a web application that will speak directly to the Sun iteration of LDAP. Once Travis and I get the synching flowing _from_ mail _to_ the network, then users will be able to change (or reset) their passwords online.
We also need to deal with password complexity. Our current standard for the network is:
* 7 or more characters
* having 3 of the 4 following characteristics:
* UpperCase Characters
* LowerCase Characters
* Numbers
* Symbols
We need to implement the same for the email side so that synching may occur from the direction of email to network.
Posted by crowej at August 19, 2005 11:51 AM
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