System information
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Security > Administrator 
Setting 
Default 
Recommendation 
Description 
ColdFusion 
Administration 
Authentication 
Separate user 
name and 
password 
authentication 
Separate user 
name and 
password 
authentication 
Using separate usernames and 
passwords allows you to specify 
which parts of the ColdFusion 
administrator each user may use. 
Password Seed 
Generate a 
Cryptographically 
Secure Random 
Value 
The password seed is used to 
generate an encryption key to 
encrypt passwords for datasources, 
and other services. 
Security > RDS 
Setting 
Default 
Recommendation 
Description 
Enable RDS 
Unchecked 
Unchecked 
RDS should not be enabled on 
production server.  
If RDS was previously enabled 
ensure that the /WEB-INF/web.xml 
does not contain a ServletMapping 
for the RDSServlet. 
Security > Sandbox Security 
Setting 
Default 
Recommendation 
Description 
Enable ColdFusion 
Sandbox Security 
Unchecked 
Checked 
Sandboxes allow you to lock down 
which CFML source files have access 
the file system, tag / function 
execution, datasource access, and 
network access. It is highly 
recommended that you setup a 
sandbox or multiple sandboxes for 
your applications. 
Security > User Manager 
Add user accounts for each administrator. 
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