Encrypting passwords is a common activity for PeopleSoft administrators. For many of us, we take for granted that passwords are encrypted by the system. In this post, I want to look at password encryption for web server configuration files and how that works. Encrypting with pscipher pscipher is a PeopleTools… Read More »pscipher, psvault and Web Server Passwords
This week Kyle and Dan talk about scripting Change Assistant, DPK Patching and how many PeopleSoft customers plan on staying with the platform. The podcast ends with Dan sharing his Oh No! story about Go-Live passwords. We want to make this podcast part of the community discussion on PeopleSoft administration.… Read More »#43 – Go-Live Passwords
Last week a presentation at Hack in the Box, “Oracle PeopleSoft Applications are Under Attack”, focused on vulnerabilities in PeopleSoft applications. The presentation showed a number of ways that hackers could get access to a system. While some of the issues need to be fixed by Oracle (like poor encryption),… Read More »Limit PeopleSoft Vulnerabilities