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Modify the Shared Secret with Encryptkey

If you need to modify the shared secret after installing the SAML Affiliate Agent, run the EncryptKey utility. Do not modify the value in the AffiliateConfig.xml file. The shared secret can be between 1 and 255 characters with no embedded spaces. Note also that it is case-sensitive.

Important! The SAML Affiliate Agent is not compatible with the FIPS 140-2 encryption standards.

Run encryptkey using the following arguments:

encryptkey -path path_of_AffiliateConfig.xml -sharedSecret new_secret

path_to_AffiliateConfig.xml must contain the file name of the configuration file. If any value in the path contains spaces, the entire path must be surrounded by quotation marks.

For example:

encryptkey -path "C:\Program Files\netegrity\affiliateagent\config\AffiliateConfig.xml" -sharedSecret mysecret

After running the encryptkey utility, the new secret is inserted into the AffiliateConfig.xml file.