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Subject: Re: [provision] Password operations...


What's the difference between 'validatePassword' and 
'checkPasswordAgainstPolicy'?  Does 'validatePassword' check for a match 
to the current password value?

Jeff Bohren wrote:

> In a previous thread Gerry brought up some other password related 
> operations:
>  
> validatePassword(id, password)
> checkPasswordAgainstPolicy(password)
> generatePassword(id)
> It seems that these would be really useful, but so far they have not 
> been raised formally as use cases or requirements. I would like to see 
> use cases and requirements added for these operations. How does the 
> rest of the committee feel about it? Would these be operations that 
> you would like SPML 2.0 to support? Would you prefer to see the 
> support implicit or explicit?
>  
> Are there any other password related operations that anyone can think of?
>  
> Jeff Bohren
> Product Architect
> OpenNetwork Technologies, Inc
>  
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>  
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