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Iftheseprecautionsarenottaken,datasavedintheservermaybeaccessiblefromtheoutside!

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Enable server security:EnabletoaddauthenticationtotheRESTserver.

-Whenenabled,theusernameandpassword(whichcannotbeblank)ofanauthorizeduser

mustbeenteredinanyremoteConnectDesignerthatlinkstothisServer.Seethe"ConnectServ-

erspreferences"onpage804sub-sectionoftheDesignerPreferencesdialog.

-Whendisabled,ausernameandpasswordisnotrequiredtomakeRESTrequest,andtasksin

PlanetPressWorkflowdonotrequirethemintheProxytab.Norwouldausernameandpassword

berequiredonanyremoteConnectDesignerthatlinkstothisServer.

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Session expiration time (mins):Selectasessiontime(inminutes,betweenoneminuteand

oneyear)thattheauthenticationstaysvalidfortherequestedprocess.Thiscanreducethenum-

berofrequeststotheserversinceanauthenticationrequestisnotnecessaryduringthesession.

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Authorized Userstable:TheTablecontainsalistofallcurrentlyAuthorizedUsers.

Allrequiredinformationissummarizedinthetable,whichhasbuttonstotherightwhichallowone

toAdd( ),Edit( )orDelete( )individualentries.Doubleclickingonanyentryinthetable

alsolaunchestheEditdialog.

TheoptionsavailableintheAdd/Editdialogsareasfollows:

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Username:Entertheusernamefortheserversecurity.

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Roles:Checktherolesthatapplytotheuser.

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Data Handler:Theusercanstartandstopoperations,getresultsofoperations,and

viewandhandledata(exceptresources).ThisappearsasROLE_DATAinthetable.

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Resource Handler:Theusercanmanageresourceslikedatamappingcon-

figurations,templates,andprintpresets.ThisappearsasROLE_RESOURCEinthe

table.

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Monitoring:Canmonitortheserver,butcannotseedata,changeserversettings,or

modifyresources.ThisappearsasROLE_MONITORinthetable.

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Password:Enterapasswordforthisuserfortheserversecurity.Therearenospecific

passwordrequirementsorrestrictions.

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Confirm password:Re-enterthepasswordassignedtothisuser.

Note: Existingclientsessionsarenotaffectedbychangestoauthorizedusers.Clientsmayonly

seetheeffectaftertheirsessionexpires.

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