POLICIES – Password Randomization (tab)

This function is only available if Digipass Authentication for Windows Logon is enabled on your system.

The POLICIES > Password Randomization tab is used to manage password randomization settings of the policy.

Table: POLICIES – Password Randomization tab
Field name Description
Enabled

Controls whether or not to enable password randomization.

  • Default. Use the setting of the parent policy.
  • No. Disables this option.
  • Yes. Enables this option.
Back-End Password Length

Specifies the length of the password that is to be generated when using password randomization.

Possible values: 7–127

Default value: 16

A minimum password age is set in Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy Management. If the password is reset using Microsoft Active Directory Users and Computers Extension and password randomization is enabled on OneSpan Authentication Server, the User must change password at next logon checkbox must be selected. This will avoid authentication failure at the next logon due to the password being too new.