Re: Password Reset

["Winders, Timothy A" <twinders () SOUTHPLAINSCOLLEGE EDU>]

We also use AD for a central authentication repository.  We are
experimenting with the Track-It! self service password reset application
now.  I don't have results to report yet, but I am hopeful this will be
a good solution for us.
 
It requires user to setup the ability in advance.  They answer a series
of secret questions.  Then, if they forget their password, they can go
back to this page, answer the secret questions and reset their password
or, unlock their account if it has been locked.
 
---
Tim Winders | Associate Dean of Information Technology | South Plains
College
 


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        From: Aron Smetana [mailto:smetana () UNR EDU] 
        Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:17 PM
        To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
        Subject: [SECURITY] Password Reset
        
        
        At the University of Nevada, Reno, we use Microsoft Active
Directory to authenticate all faculty, staff, and students.  Most of our
central applications and library resources authenticate off of it either
directly or via LDAP.  We are now researching password self-reset
functionality.
        
        My question for the group is if anyone else is using Active
Directory for authentication and what (if anything) you've done for a
user self-reset utility/application of passwords.
        
        Thanks much,
        
        -- 
        Aron Smetana, MBA
        University of Nevada, Reno
        Information Technology
        Director, Campus Computing & Security
        smetana () unr edu
        (775) 784-1540 x274