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98 Chapter 5 Configuring Advanced Security
Implementing ColdFusion RDS Security
ColdFusion RDS security provides security services to developers working in
ColdFusion Studio. See “Securing resources with RDS security” on page 85 to learn
about RDS security concepts.
In order to implement RDS security, you must use the ColdFusion Administrator to:
1 Set up the security server. See “Setting Up a Security Server” on page 89 for more
information.
2 Set up user directories to authenticate against an NT domain, an LDAP directory,
or an ODBC data source. See “Defining User Directories” on page 92 for more
information.
3 Create a security context for the application. See “Defining a Security Context” on
page 95 for more information.
4 Specify individual resources to protect and set up policies that match secured
resources with authorized users and groups. See “Specifying Resources to
Protect” on page 96 for more information.
5 Select the Use ColdFusion Studio Authentication check box in the ColdFusion
Administrator’s Advanced Server Security page and select the security context
you created in step 3 from the drop-down list.
Now developers working in ColdFusion Studio connect to the ColdFusion Server and
access resources such as files and data sources according to the rules and policies
associated with their logins.
For more information about configuring RDS in ColdFusion Studio, see Developing
Web Applications with ColdFusion.