Sorry if this is not a Perl-specific question, but this kind of topic has been discussed here in the past so I thought I'd post it.

Our IT dept handles the creation and distribution of passwords to internal users. Most users need access to multiple services (FTP etc) on multiple servers, and every user needs access to a different set of machines. Right now there are a few hundred login-to-user pairs. This is an ASP, so many of these logins involve access to production-level machines for deployment, verification, etc.

My initial idea involves a page on the company intranet that displays the list of logins available to each person (authenticated by their NT account). IT admins would be able to manage access from this page as well. The actual passwords would be encrypted and stored in a database.

My question is: Is it enough to use SSL, NT authentication, and encrypted data, or am I missing something here? Has anyone else faced this problem and how did you solve it?

Also, what CPAN modules would you recommend for the encryption? I'm running ActiveState (5.6.1) with Apache on NT, though we may be switching to IIS.

Thanks in advance for your help,
A Monk

In reply to Managing Passwords (OT) by Anonymous Monk

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