Setting Database Access

Each database needs to be secured individually. Many system databases do not need to be accessible through the Web. You may want to allow anonymous access to some system databases, or you may require authentication. Depending on the application, some databases you design may allow anonymous Web access, Web authentication access, and Notes access. The following sections discuss setting database access.

Controlling Web Authentication

Web authentication was discussed in the previous section “Planning Application Security Based on Web Authentication.” When a person accesses a database from the Web, that person is unknown to the system and is regarded as Anonymous. Unless Anonymous is specifically designated in the Access Control ...

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