What file endings are used in Password Safe?

In Password Safe there are several file endings. At the server the following come up:

 

*.ps6

files with the ending ps6 are databases. These are made available to the server via a database account.

 

*.psx

With the ending psx backups are saved. These can be read in at the creation of a new database. Please notice that for this the accordant private key (*.prvkey) is necessary.

 

*.prvkey

This file is necessary to decrypt a backup when it should be read in to a database.

 

sds.pc6

This file is the configuration file of the Enterprise server. It can be found in the Windows server 2003 in the folder C:/documents and settings/all users/application data/PasswordSafe/sds.pc6. If you use Windows server 2008 you can find the file under C:/programdata/PasswordSafe/sds.pc6

 

psr6.lic

is the license file and therefore contains the license information. Please notice that you need write access for that file.

 

psr.nlc

This is a network logon file

 

What is high availability?

At the high availability two Enterprise servers are used. While on one of the Enterprise servers the productive master database runs, the other Enterprise server manages a slave database. The slave database is an exact copy of the master database and is synchronized regularly. So you have got the possibility to convert the slave database to the master database in order to continue to work in the case of a crash or a server breakdown.

 

For what is the task service needed?

The task service checks in regular time intervals if there are any task to work off and then carries them out. For example the Active Directory can be synchronized via this.

 

Why does the task service deactivate itself?

The task service deactivates if no database is deposited for a check. You can find further information in the chapter task service

 

What passwords are there?

For the run three passwords are necessary: The database password which encrypts the database, the user password with which the users can log on at the database and the connection password which ist he initial password for the TCP network connection.

 

Which ports are used by Password Safe

To guarantee smooth operation must be ensured that the following TCP ports are released into the network firewall:

12008 -> Communication between server and clients

12010 -> Service Port for the communication between the server configuration and the server service (only with Enterprise Server)

12001 -> Communication between clients and browser addons

12008 bis 12018 -> Via these ports the various clients communicates in mulituser operation. The first free port will be used