Administrator password encryption

When you run the full-text search record extractor, cqperl cqtsdbcrawler.pl, from the command line in batch, update, optimize, or repair mode, the ClearQuest search properties file, CQ-db_name-dbset_name.xml, is required as an input parameter. The search properties file contains the administrator password to the user database. Because the search properties file is stored both on the hard drive and in the user database, the administrator password should be protected. You do this by using the record extractor to encrypt the password.

Password encryption is a two-step process:

The password encryption is performed using FIPS 140-2 certified algorithms and is not dependent on the feature level of the ClearQuest database.


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