Using Kerberos, DCE, and Windows NT LAN Manager

This chapter describes the network-based security services that enable you to authenticate users and protect data transmitted among machines on a network.

For information about the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) security mechanism, see Chapter 9, "Security Administration."

Overview

How applications use security services

Security services and Adaptive Server

Administering network-based security

Setting up configuration files for security

Preparinglibtcl.cfg to use network-based security

The objectid.dat file

Specifying security information for the server

Identifying users and servers to the security mechanism

Configuring Adaptive Server for security

Enabling network-based security

Using unified login

Requiring message confidentiality with encryption

Requiring data integrity

Memory requirements for network-based security

Restarting the server to activate security services

Determining security mechanisms to support

Adding logins to support unified login

General procedure for adding logins

Establishing security for remote procedures

Security model A

Security model B

Unified login and the remote procedure models

Establishing the security model for RPCs

Setting server options for RPC security model B

Rules for setting up security model B for RPCs

Preparing to use security model B for RPCs

Example of setting up security model B for RPCs

Getting information about remote servers

Connecting to the server and using the security services

Example of using security services

Using security mechanisms for the client

Getting information about available security services

Determining supported security services and mechanisms

Determining enabled security services

Determining whether a security service Is enabled


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