Using Authentication

Authentication is used to ensure that a user ID making a Net.Data request is authorized to access and update data within the application. Authentication is the process of matching the user ID with a password to validate that the request comes from a valid user ID. The Web server associates a user ID with each Net.Data request that it processes. The process or thread that is handling the request can then access any resource to which that user ID is authorized.

You can use two types of authentication: one protecting certain directories on your server and one protecting your database.

Tip:To protect Net.Data macros do the following:
  1. Add protection directives in the Web server configuration file for the Net.Data program object.
  2. Ensure the user ID that Net.Data will be running under has access rights to the macros. For more information on granting access rights, see Granting Access Rights to Files Accessed by Net.Data.


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