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Benefits of ID VAULT
ID Vault is a safe and easy way how you manage ID files. If user has forgotten a password, you can
remotely reset a password, without a Password Recovery procedure, which can be rather long if several
people are involved in recovery process. Now recovering a forgotten password can be done in just a
moment. When you reset a password you can inform the use of the new password, or you can send it to
their manager based on company policy.
Tip: Never provide password to people you don't know by phone.
If for some reason, a Security Officer needs to read someone's crypted Mails, your Security Officer may
extract the ID from the vault to access a mail box on behalf of the user without providing a password. This is
controlled by the Auditor role in the ID vault database. You may disable this feature by setting
SECURE_DISABLE_AUDITOR=1 in server notes.ini
You can integrate ID Vault with third party software, to reset passwords from other systems using
JavaScript, Java, LotusScript. You may also allow users to reset their passwords thought the WEB Browser.
ID vault also helps to synchronize multiple ID copies with each other, so changing an ID on one PC will
synchronize the password with other IDs located on other PCs.
If an ID is deleted from a workstation, it will be automatically downloaded to the workstation again when the
user launches Lotus Notes.
Steps to deploy ID Vault
1. Coordinate ID Vault deployment with your organization Security Officer and IT Manager, as this is
impacting the way how IDs are managed in the organization.
2. Configure ID Vault