Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP1 - IDENTITY SERVER Manual page 83

3 Scroll to the Local Storage of Secrets section and configure the following options:
Encryption Password Hash Key: (Required) Specifies the password that you want to use as a
seed to create the encryption algorithm. To increase the security of the secrets, we recommend
that you change the default password to a unique alphanumeric value.
Preferred Encryption Method: Specifies the preferred encryption method. Select the method
that complies with your security model:
Password Based Encryption With MD5 and DES: MD5 is an algorithm that is used to
verify data integrity. Data Encryption Standard (DES) is a widely used method of data
encryption that uses a private key.
DES: Data Encryption Standard (DES) is a widely used method of data encryption that
uses a private key. Like other private key cryptographic methods, both the sender and the
receiver must know and use the same private key.
Triple DES: A variant of DES in which data is encrypted three times with standard DES,
using two different keys.
4 To specify where to store secret data, click New under Extended Schema User Store References
and fill in the following:
User Store: Select the user store where you want secret store enabled.
Attribute Name: Specify the LDAP attribute that you have created to store the secrets on the
selected user store.
5 Click OK twice.
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