Article ID: 920
Last updated: 18 Nov, 2016
Riva supports the following two primary authentication modes available to Domino: Notice! It is always highly recommended that all communication be HTTPS (SSL) encrypted. This will ensure that when credentials are exchanged between Riva and Domino, passwords are always encrypted.
The below is an excerpt from the Domino Administrator guide, http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/topic/com.ibm.help.domino.admin85.doc/H_SSL_AND_BASIC_PASSWORD_AUTHENTICATION_8792_OVERVIEW.html
Name-and-password authentication, also known as basic password authentication, uses a basic challenge/response protocol to ask users for their names and passwords and then verifies the accuracy of the passwords by checking them against a secure hash of the password stored in Person documents in the IBM® Lotus® Domino(tm) Directory. Standard HTTP AuthenticationA common internet standard is HTTP authentication. With Domino, this authentication method requires that every request including subsequent requests include the complete HTTP authentication header. This header includes the user name and password. Advantages:
Disadvantage:
Session-Based Forms AuthenticationThis is a common authentication process. Users are prompted with a web-based form for their credentials when they first access a password-protected section of the site. With Domino, this authentication method requires that session-based form authentication be enabled. Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Article ID: 920
Last updated: 18 Nov, 2016
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