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Version: 8.2511.x.x RR

Temporary strong password

This page lists the policy parameters specific to temporary strong passwords.

In addition to the policy parameters defined here, the parameters defined in the chapter All credential types are also valid for temporary strong password credentials.

credentialLifetime​

  • Data type: long (>0)
  • Default: 432000000 (5 days in milliseconds)
  • Description: The time to live (in milliseconds) of the temporary strong password. After the defined period of time, the user will not be able to log in with this password anymore. The parameter credentialLifetime replaces the deprecated parameter ticketLifetime. The parameter ticketLifetime is still supported but deprecated.

hashAlgorithm​

  • Data type: enum
  • Values: SSHA, SSHA256
  • Default: SSHA256
  • Description: Defines the hash algorithm used for password hashing. Supported are salted SHA-1 (SSHA) and salted SHA-256 (SSHA256). Since nevisIDM 2.21.2.0, SSHA has been marked as deprecated because collision attacks faster than brute force attacks have been found. The default has changed to SSHA256. Changing this parameter is fully backward compatible — only newly created passwords are hashed with the defined algorithm.

sendingMethod​

  • Data type: Comma-separated list of enums

  • Values: any subset of PDFstore, Print, Email, HTMLemail, PDFemail, SMS_SMTP, None, or PDFstream alone

  • Default: Email

  • Description: Defines a fallback list of different methods of how a credential should be communicated to the user (if the first method fails for some reason, the second is tried, and so on).

    Method Email will fail if the user has no e-mail address or the address is invalid. Method SMS_SMTP will fail if the user has no mobile number or the mobile number is invalid. All methods (except None) will fail if the corresponding template is missing or one or more mandatory placeholders are empty. If sendingMethod was not defined at all, nevisIDM takes the default value. The default value has no fallbacks.

    Special sendingMethod for GUI access only: PDFstream — after temporary strong password creation or reset, a transient link appears in the CredentialModify view on the admin GUI. The link can be used to download the communication PDF holding the credential information, which can then be communicated to the user by non-nevisIDM means. If there is an error at PDF generation, the password's plain value will not be known to anybody, rendering the credential unusable. The same happens when the administrator leaves the view without downloading the PDF.

    If PDFstore is configured, the following additional parameter can be defined:

    • PDFstore.destDir (optional): Defines the destination directory where the PDF is to be saved. If not configured, the directory set in nevisidm-prod.properties is used as fallback.

    If SMS_SMTP is configured, the following additional parameters must be defined:

    • SMS_SMTP.smtp.host (mandatory): Host name of the SMTP server. Availability is checked at startup.
    • SMS_SMTP.smtp.port: Port of the SMTP server.
    • SMS_SMTP.message.from (mandatory): Sender of the SMS message. Must be a valid e-mail address.
    • SMS_SMTP.message.to (mandatory): Receiver of the SMS message. Must contain the ${phonenumber} placeholder. Example: ${phonenumber}@sms.mycompany.ch.
    • SMS_SMTP.message.subject (mandatory): Subject of the e-mail sent to the SMTP gateway.

    The PDFemail method requires two templates: one e-mail and one OpenOffice template. If PDFemail is configured, the following additional parameter can be defined:

    • PDFemail.htmlEmail (optional, default: false): If true, an HTML e-mail is sent. Otherwise, a plain text e-mail is sent.

templatePrecedence​

  • Data type: int
  • Default: null
  • Description: The precedence number of the template to use during the communication with the user. If the parameter is not set, the default template will be used. If no template exists with the given precedence number, an error will occur.

ticketCharacterSet​

  • Data type: String
  • Default: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789
  • Description: The characters used when generating the temporary strong password.

ticketLen0​

  • Data type: int (>-1)
  • Default: 30
  • Description: Length of the first part of the generated password. This part is returned in the response to the caller (SOAP interface) or shown to the administrator (web GUI).

ticketLen1​

  • Data type: int (>-1)
  • Default: 0
  • Description: Length of the second part of the generated password. This part is communicated to the credential's user.

ticketReuseEnabled​

  • Data type: boolean
  • Default: false
  • Description: If set to false, the temporary strong password can only be used once. Otherwise, it can be reused.