PingDS 8.0.0

Cost Based Password Storage Scheme

This is an abstract object type that cannot be instantiated.

Cost Based Password Storage Schemes protect passwords against attackers by using costly hashing algorithms, that are designed to use a lot of CPU, and maybe memory too.

Cost Based Password Storage Schemes are designed to protect weak passwords that have low entropy. When using passwords with high entropy, as recommended for administrative or service accounts, it is possible to use hashing algorithms that are not cost-based. To avoid the need to scale PingDS for the sole purpose of cost-based hashing, Cost Based Password Storage Schemes can offload password hashing to a dedicated microservice.

Cost Based Password Storage Schemes

The following Cost Based Password Storage Schemes are available:

These Cost Based Password Storage Schemes inherit the properties described below.

Parent

The Cost Based Password Storage Scheme object inherits from Password Storage Scheme.

Cost Based Password Storage Scheme properties

You can use configuration expressions to set property values at startup time. For details, see Property value substitution.

Basic Properties Advanced Properties

enabled
java-class

remote-password-hashing-base-uri
remote-password-hashing-connection-timeout
remote-password-hashing-enabled
remote-password-hashing-max-connections
remote-password-hashing-request-timeout

Basic properties

Use the --advanced option to access advanced properties.

enabled

Synopsis

Indicates whether the Password Storage Scheme is enabled for use.

Default value

None

Allowed values

true

false

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

None

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

java-class

Synopsis

Specifies the fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the Password Storage Scheme implementation.

Default value

None

Allowed values

A Java class that extends or implements:

  • org.opends.server.api.PasswordStorageScheme

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

None

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

Advanced properties

Use the --advanced option to access advanced properties.

remote-password-hashing-base-uri

Synopsis

Specifies the base URI to connect to the password hashing microservice.

Default value

None

Allowed values

A string.

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No

remote-password-hashing-connection-timeout

Synopsis

Specifies the timeout to use when connecting to the password hashing microservice.

Default value

10 s

Allowed values

Lower limit: 0 seconds.

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No

remote-password-hashing-enabled

Synopsis

Specifies whether to delegate password hashing to a dedicated microservice.

Default value

false

Allowed values

true

false

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No

remote-password-hashing-max-connections

Synopsis

Specifies the maximum number of connections to the password hashing microservice.

Default value

64

Allowed values

An integer.

Lower limit: 0.

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No

remote-password-hashing-request-timeout

Synopsis

Specifies the timeout for a request to the password hashing microservice.

Default value

10 s

Allowed values

Lower limit: 0 seconds.

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No