Password, Please
Passwords are one of the basic forms of authentication. A user must provide the correct password when establishing a connection to prevent unauthorized use of the database. In this way, users attempting to connect to a database can be authenticated by using information stored in that database. Passwords are assigned when users are created. A database can store a user's password in the data dictionary in an encrypted format, and users can change their passwords at any time.
Having a central facility authenticate all members of the network—clients to servers, servers to servers, and users to both clients and servers—is an effective way to address the threat of network nodes falsifying their identities. Strong authentication can ...
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