Planning Application Security Based on Web Authentication

As mentioned earlier, Web authentication is based on what is called Basic Authentication. When you are planning Web security you need to be aware that Basic Authentication does not happen automatically. Two actions force Basic Authentication:

  • When a Server has been set to not allow Anonymous access (as mentioned above).

  • When a Web user tries to do something he or she is not authorized to do.

Designers set the level of access that users or servers have to a specific database through the ACL (Access Control List). This access level determines what the user can do and what data servers can replicate. Every database has an Access Control List that needs to be set.

When users try to do more ...

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