What Are The Type Of Password In ServiceNow?

[shubham92]

What Are The Type Of Password In ServiceNow?

[AnveshKumar M]

Hi @shubham92 

Based on type of encryption,

There are two types of passwords based on their type of encryption, one way encrypted and two way encrypted.

The password field in sys_user table is one way encrypted field, which can not be decrypted by using GlideEncrypter.

On the other hand 2 way encrypted passwords can be decrypted by using GlideEncrypter, for example, client secret in oAuth config record or a password stored in credentials record etc.

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[Tai Vu]

Hi @shubham92 

There are 2 field types for password in ServiceNow.

Password (1 Way Encrypted)	Text field that stores passwords with one-way encryption. One-way encryption stores the password as a secure hash value that cannot be decrypted.
Password (2 Way Encrypted)	Text field that stores passwords with two-way encryption. Two-way encryption stores the password as a secure encrypted value that can be decrypted programmatically within the instance. You can use Password 2 encryption with form variables. To encrypt text fields on forms, use Password2 encryption with KMF. The length for password2 field values must be at least 255 characters.

Ref: Field types

Cheers,

Tai Vu

[Nivedita Patil]

Hi @shubham92 ,

Please refer the below link.

https://www.servicenow.com/community/itsm-forum/is-there-info-available-on-password-password2-field-...

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Thanks,

Nivedita Patil.