Paradyne SLM 5.5 manual Apache User Access Authentication

Apache User Access Authentication

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User Access Authentication

User access authentication is used to specify who has access to the Web server. When authentication is enabled on the Web server, it affects all users of the system.

here are many mechanisms that can be used to set user access. HyperText ransfer Protocol (HTTP) Challenge/Response is presented here. You can choose

another authentication mechanism or a combination of methods, as long as the authentication mechanism provides the REMOTE_USER environment variable to CGI programs. Methods and protocols include:

HTTP Challenge/Response

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

Secure HTTP with a well-configured firewall

VPN (Virtual Private Network)

A router

he following are requirements of Apache user access authentication under OpenLane:

The Customer ID and username must match.

Authentication is either enabled or disabled for all customer IDs. If authentication is enabled, every customer ID must have an associated user

Twith a username.

There can only be one username per Customer ID for authentication.

When authentication is enabled, the first OpenLane Login page displays a Log In button instead of an Enter your Customer ID prompt. Clicking on the button invokes a window for entering User Name and Password.

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