Where is authentication data stored?
Authentication may be stored in the client’s LDAP system.
If authentication is against the Factonomy database then username and password are stored in the database.
However, a mechanism exists for the hashing of passwords in which circumstances systems administrators and/or db admin staff do not have access to see or change user passwords.
FAQs - Authentication
- What are the available authentication mechanisms?
- Where is authentication data stored?
- Is stored authentication data encrypted?
- How is system integration into a ‘single-sign-on’ environment achieved?
- What directory services can the system interface with?
- How is authentication handled in Client Access Mode?
- How is authentication handled in Web access mode?
- How is network traffic encrypted?
- How are firewalls dealt with?
- How is data encrypted in a typical Intranet?
