Password Policy Enforcer Administrator's Guide

Introduction

What's New

New in PPE V5.x (Previous Version)

Installing PPE

Installation Types

Manual Installation (Express Setup)

Automated Installation (Advanced Setup)

Upgrading from PPE V6.x

Upgrading from PPE V5.x

Upgrading from PPE V4.x

Upgrading from PPE V3.x

Configuring PPE

The PPE Management Console

Management Console Views

Connecting to a Domain Controller

Support Tools

Disabling and Enabling PPE

PPS Properties

Managing Policies

Creating a Policy

Deleting a Policy

Policy Properties

Assigning Policies to Users

Policy Assignment Conflicts

Policy Priorities

Policy Selection Flowchart

Passphrases

Testing Policies

PPE Rules

Length Rule

Unique Characters Rule

Repeating Characters Rule

User Logon Name Rule

User Display Name Rule

History Rule

Similarity Rule

Complexity Rule

First and Last Character Rules

Character Rules

Dictionary Rule

Keyboard Pattern Rule

Minimum Age Rule

Maximum Age Rule

The Password Policy Client

Installing the PPC

Creating Firewall Rules for the PPC

Customizing PPC Messages

Customizing Message Templates

Customizing Rule Inserts

Multilingual Messages

Configuring the PPC

The PPE Mailer

Installing the PPE Mailer

E-mail Delivery Options

E-mail Message Options

Command Line Interface

Troubleshooting

ANIXIS Password Reset and PPE/Web

License Agreement