Specify New Passphrase

An unrestricted user can use this page to change the way that stored passwords are encrypted. The page provides a thorough, secure, and efficient approach for an unrestricted user to address situations such as the following:

• For greater security, you want to re-encrypt stored passwords using a passphrase as the encryption key, instead of using the default fixed key.
• You suspect one or more stored passwords have been compromised, so you want to re-encrypt using a new passphrase.
• You have upgraded the encryption type with which new or updated passwords are stored, and you also want to upgrade the format of currently-stored passwords.
• You are preparing to discontinue use of SAS/SECURE, so you must downgrade the format of currently-stored passwords.

CAUTION: When you introduce, change, or clear a passphrase, all passwords in login objects within the specified metadata server are affected. Make sure you have a current backup before you set a passphrase. Also ensure that your metadata server is running and the connection information was correctly provided in the previous pages.

Enter your new passphrase in the Passphrase text box. To verify the passphrase, enter the new passphrase in the Confirm Passphrase text box also. If the Passphrase and Confirm Passphrase entries do not match, you will receive an error message and will not be able to go past this page.

When you have confirmed the new passphrase, click Next to continue.