Specifying or Modifying a Value for a Shared Secret

You create a shared secret to store data. The shared-secret value is made of this data. The value can be as large as 65 KB. A shared-secret value is made of key-value pairs. The keys aren't case sensitive.

A credential-set shared secret value contains key-value pairs that represent the information a user provides to authenticate, (for a example, Username and Password).

An application shared secret value also contains key-value pairs. However, these pairs represent the information that the application needs to authenticate a user but information that the user doesn't provide (for example, the Windows* control ID for the username field).

Adding a Key-Value Pair

  1. Click New.
  2. Select or type a key name.
    You can type any name. However, the defaults provide standard keys. If you don't use standard keys, some services might not recognize the key. For example, exteNd Director Standard recognizes Username and Password, but not userID or passwd.
  3. Type a value.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Save the secret by clicking OK.

Modifying a Value

  1. Select the value.
  2. Click Edit..
  3. Type a value.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Save changes by clicking OK.

Deleting a Key-Value Pair

  1. Select the key-value pair.
  2. Click Delete.
  3. Click OK.

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