What is Secure Password Administrator? (NETIQKB36906)

  • 7736906
  • 02-Feb-2007
  • 06-Oct-2011

Environment

Secure Password Administrator 1.0

Situation

What is Secure Password Administrator?

What is SPA?

Resolution

Secure Password Administrator is a light-weight, agentless, Web-driven self-service password management solution. Adding Secure Password Administrator to your Directory and Resource Administrator (DRA) environment expands your administration abilities, while leveraging your existing knowledge and continuing to lessen your Helpdesk burden. Secure Password Administrator takes full advantage of your current DRA security model. With Secure Password Administrator, forgotten passwords, changing passwords, and unlocking accounts no longer hinder Helpdesk staff or administrators.

Through the implementation of identity verification questions, Secure Password Administrator offers secure access to your network without compromising password complexity requirements. Using SSL Web technology and 160-bit Blowfish encryption, Secure Password Administrator steps into the self-service password management arena fully secure and prepared.

Additional Information

Formerly known as NETIQKB36906

For information about the Directory and Resource Administrator agent and how it works, please refer to the following knowledge base article:

https://www.netiq.com/kb/esupport/consumer/esupport.asp?id=NETIQKB7765