Protection options

Choose from the following options to set up protection for server resources:

Without protection

The default is without protection. Do nothing if you do not want protection. Without protection, any client can get to any file on your server machine.

If there are some files for which you want to limit access, consider using password protection or secure SSL connections.

With password protection

If you want to require a valid password before displaying a particular file or directory of files, set up password protection. If you want data to travel over the Internet in encrypted form, set up secure SSL connections.

For example, if your server serves stock quotes, you might need to verify that the client requesting the quote had paid for the quotation service. Password protection for the files that contain the information would be acceptable. Password protection limits access to certain files.

With secure SSL connections

Implementing SSL requires additional steps. If you need encryption, set up secure connections.

For example, if your server serves a catalog for a mail-order business and buyers submit credit card numbers over the Internet, you would want to set up a secure connection for the credit card information to travel over.

Create a Group or User Authentication file - Unix Only

To create a Group or User Authentication file from the Administration Server you must ensure that the user ID and Group that the Administration Server is running (as specified in admin.conf) has WRITE permission to the target directory. You may run the setupadm script or manually change the Group and File permissions for the directory and files.

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