Types of credentials

nevisIDM supports various types of credentials, e.g., password, certificate, Kerberos, etc., which belong to one of the following two groups: direct authentication credentials or external credentials.

The information for direct authentication credentials is completely stored in nevisIDM. Therefore, nevisIDM decides about authentication success/failure autonomously without contacting any other system.

In case of external credentials, the authentication information is not stored in nevisIDM but in another system, e.g., an Active Directory. To map the authentication information to a nevisIDM user, the credential types in the chapter External credentials have been defined.

The table in the chapter All credentials lists the general attributes that are valid for all credential types. The subsequent chapters contain credential-specific attributes. We recommend not manually changing any credential attributes.

The behavior of credentials can be adjusted by using policies. [The table]" lists the general policy parameters that are valid for all credential types. The subsequent chapters contain credential-specific policy parameters.