PennKey Changes - April 27, 2004
A group within ISC has been meeting over the last four to five months, in order
to streamline PennKey processes in an attempt to make them simpler for end users
and therefore easier for Local Support Providers to support. Changes went into
affect April 27, 2004.
Setup Codes
A Setup Code (formerly named PIN) is one
piece of information that individuals need to know in order to register or sign
up for a PennKey. They are generated by a central application and distributed
in several ways. Changes include:
Schools should make sure that all references to PINs on local documentation
(web sites, letters to students, etc.) are updated to "Setup Code."
Application Improvements
Registration Application
- Setup Code entered only once and not masked
- Setup Code all lowercase
- Streamlined text
Challenge-Response Password Reset Application
- Emphasis on final goal - resetting password, not obtaining a Setup Code
- Automatically flows into Registration Application
- Streamlined text
Web Site Changes (http://www.upenn.edu/computing/pennkey/)
- Simplified language throughout site
- New search feature
- "Sponsor a guest" information in the top menu
- New section for PennKey Administrators
- Authentication Methods Chart Update
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