make changes to your root or extra instance too. While you're there,
be sure to ask for a pts id, if you want to use your tickets with AFS.
+**2024 update: You can just email the service desk. They will ask you to send a picture of a photo ID to verify it's you. I went in person and all they did was open a ticket.**
+
## Upgrading cryptographic strength
You should change your root instance’s password with a command like this, to upgrade your key from critically weak DES encryption algorithm to strong AES encryption: