Configuring nFront Password Filter and Password Policy Enforcer
This page compares the user interfaces of nFront Password Filter and Password Policy Enforcer. nFront Security criticizes ANIXIS for using the Microsoft Management Console to configure PPE. As you can see from the images below, PPE's management console is easier to use and more flexible than nFront Password Filter's administrative templates. You can learn more about this comparison on the nFront Password Filter page.
nFront Password Filter
nFront Password Filter's administrative templates overwhelm the user by offering up to 44 configuration settings in one non-resizable window. There is no context-sensitive help, and limited control over the policy rules.
The red outline in the image below shows the viewable area. Administrators have to scroll through dozens of configuration settings in a small window to find the ones they are looking for.
Password Policy Enforcer
The PPE management console helps administrators to manage their password policies by presenting configuration settings in a familiar interface. It also detects and automatically fixes common configuration errors.
The PPE management console offers many more features and configuration options because it arranges settings logically and takes advantage of the features available to MMC snap-ins.
PPE's user interface is simpler and helps administrators to manage their password policies. Context-sensitive help is only a key press away.
Highly configurable password policy rules ensure that Password Policy Enforcer is ready to handle your future needs.
Customize password policy and rejection messages in 31 languages from the PPE management console. It would take an extra 1,085 text input fields for each password policy to offer this level of control with an administrative template.
ANIXIS, Password Policy Enforcer, Password Policy Server, and Password Policy Client are trademarks of ANIXIS. Microsoft, Microsoft Management Console, Windows, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. nFront Password Filter and Passfilt Pro are trademarks of Altus Network Solutions, Inc. Portions of this page are copyright 2007 nFront Security, Inc.