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@MISC{Pieters_passwordmanagement,
author = {Menno Pieters},
title = {Password Management through PWM},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Abstract: There have been many initiatives around open source identity and access management, federated authentication standards and products for the web. All of these products and standards require a user store with credential information. Most often this is an LDAP directory. The most common type of credentials still is the combination of a username and a password. Even though passwords have downsides and many alternatives to passwords exist [QRP], passwords are still here and probably will be for a long time. Passwords are forgotten and lost or expire due to password policies, requiring actions to reset or update passwords. People forgetting or losing their passwords is not just a problem for the people themselves, but also for your organization. Lost passwords result in cost and risk for your organization. A password management system can help reducing these risks and cost. PWM is a feature rich password management web application for LDAP,
