Re: Initial Passwords

[Gary Dobbins <dobbins () ND EDU>]

Or, if you meant how do you deliver the account to the individual,
that's a matter of whatever your policies are.  Since the password is
useful for one purpose only (to allow itself to be reset) you can
deliver the ID and password to the individual on a piece of paper,
depending on your process.  Worst case is an interloper grabs it and
chooses their own password in advance of the intended accountholder, in
which case the latter person will be unable to do the same, and will
call you, so the interception won't tend to remain undetected.





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You configure the account that way upon its creation.   In our case, we
use Active Directory and Kerberos, so it's possible for the admin to set
the password's status to expired, and our password-change system
recognizes that and acts accordingly.





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How does one find or get the pre-expired password?



Thanks for the response.



Ronald King

Security Engineer

Norfolk State University

Marie V. McDemmond Center for Applied Research

Suite 401

700 Park Ave.

Norfolk, Virginia  23504

Phone:  757-823-3918

Email: raking () nsu edu

http://security.nsu.edu



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A good practice is to distribute pre-expired passwords so that the
person has to immediately change it by visiting your password-change
page and select a new password.  This way, their password becomes a
secret known only to the accountholder.





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I would like to inquire as to what other institutions have in place for
assigning and distributing passwords for new users in a secure manner?



Ronald King

Security Engineer

Norfolk State University

Marie V. McDemmond Center for Applied Research

Suite 401

700 Park Ave.

Norfolk, Virginia  23504

Phone:  757-823-3918

Email: raking () nsu edu

http://security.nsu.edu

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