Authentication is the mechanism of verifying the identity of a user or an application. By default, the solidDB® server offers a traditional authentication mechanism in which a user has to provide a valid user ID and password combination to connect to a database. Alternatively, you can configure solidDB® to use an operating-system-based external authentication mechanism.
Default solidDB authentication
By default, the solidDB server offers a traditional (internal) authentication mechanism in which a user has to provide a valid user ID and password combination to connect to a database. By default, passwords are encrypted using the build-in DES algorithm.
Operating-system-based external authentication
Instead of the internal solidDB authentication mechanism, the user can be authenticated by services provided by operating system.