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14 Managing Security
14-12 Administration Guide
13. To enable and configure the Permission cache, define values for the attribute
shown on the Permission tab in the Caching Realm Configuration window. T
The following table describes each attribute on the Permission tab.
14. To save your changes, click the Apply button.
15. When you finish defining attributes for the Caching realm, reboot WebLogic
Server.
Configuring the LDAP Security Realm
The LDAP security realm provides authentication through a Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol (LDAP) server. This server allows you to manage all the users for
your organization in one place: the LDAP directory. The LDAP security realm
supports Open LDAP, Netscape iPlanet, Microsoft Site Server, and Novell NDS.
In this release of WebLogic Server, you can choose between two versions of the LDAP
security realm:
n LDAP realm V1—The LDAP security realm packaged in previous releases of
WebLogic Server. With the exception of Microsoft Site Server, the LDAP
security realm V1 works with all the supported LDAP servers and is provided
Table 14-7 Permission Cache Attributes
Attribute Description
Enable Permission Cache Option for enabling the Permission cache.
Permission Cache Size Maximum number of Permission lookups
to cache. This attribute should be a prime
number for best lookup performance. The
default is 211.
Permission Cache TTLPositive Number of seconds to retain the results of
a successful lookup. The default is 60
seconds.
Permission Cache TTLNegative Number of seconds to retain the results of
an unsuccessful lookup. The default is 10
seconds.