Seems reasonable. Different use case for us, and it's withered on the vine.

I don't believe anyone here has used it in about three years. Part of our
expectation for the product was that it would help us provision users.
Unfortunately, several of our most important systems don't auth against AD,
so it didn't scale.

Kurt

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 14:59, David Lum <david....@nwea.org> wrote:

> “function fine, and was easy enough to use”****
>
> And inexpensive. And easy for me to set up. Anything that does that at a
> client that has no local onsite IT six days out of seven is a win in my
> book, I get zero “Joe user forgot his password, please help” calls. This
> client has police (not shockingly, some are short tempered when it comes to
> IT stuff like not being able to recover quickly from forgetting their
> password) and part-time firefighters so it’s not an infrequent occurrence
> (happens in batches, actually).****
>
> ** **
>
> Keeping guys with guns, Tasers and axes happy is a good thing J****
>
> ** **
>
> I deployed it about 4 years ago so it’s likely identical to what you saw.
> It has also been 100% trouble free – haven’t touched it since the initial
> deployment, and I get notices every time they use it so I know they still
> do use it. A complete win for what I wanted from it at least.****
>
> ** **
>
> Dave****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 06, 2011 1:31 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Question on Self Service Password change for Active
> Directory****
>
> ** **
>
> Definitely IIS.
>
> We weren't that impressed by it about 5-6 years ago when we set it up, but
> it might have improved since then. By "not impressed" I mean basically that
> it just didn't offer much - it seemed to function fine, and was easy enough
> to use, but I didn't see the value in it.
>
> Of course, we only get perhaps 1 or 2 password reset requests per month
> from our roughly 250 staff in three countries.
>
> Kurt****
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:50, David Lum <david....@nwea.org> wrote:****
>
> Namescape – makers of rDirectory.****
>
>  ****
>
> www.namescape.com****
>
>  ****
>
> Works well at my 55-user client for resetting and not needing me. Simple
> to set up and use, just sits on IIS (or Apache, I forget at the moment).**
> **
>
>  ****
>
> Dave****
>
>  ****
>
> *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 06, 2011 12:18 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Question on Self Service Password change for Active Directory**
> **
>
>  ****
>
> I remember a while ago, that someone ( might have been Mr Lum) that
> discussed a third party product for an interface for password change/reset
> to cut down on calls to help desk ( was based on factors of authentication
> or answered known questions) ****
>
>  ****
>
> I think it was Rdirectory or something close, ****
>
>  ****
>
> Anyone have the 411 on it, or a link, my manager is asking about it. ****
>
>  ****
>
> Z****
>
>  ****
>
> Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network +****
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