Basic password authentication and authentication by token

Basic password authentication

Sametime uses basic password authentication to authenticate web browser connections and Sametime Connect Client connections. Sametime uses the same Internet and intranet security features as a Domino® server to authenticate the web browser connections. These features include Domino database Access Control Lists (ACLs) and security settings in the Server document of the Domino server on which Sametime is installed.

The Domino security features also allow you to configure databases for anonymous access. When a database is configured for anonymous access, the user is not authenticated when accessing the database.

The following topics in this section discuss basic password authentication:

• User requirements for basic password authentication
• Using database ACLs for identification and authentication
• Basic password authentication and database ACLs
• Setting up basic password authentication in a database Access Control List (ACL)

Authentication by token

The IBM Sametime Community Server uses authentication by token to authenticate connections that occur after a user has authenticated once using password authentication. Authentication by token removes the need for a user to re-enter authentication credentials when reconnecting to a server, accessing different servers, using IBM Sametime web clients, or Domino applications that connect to an IBM Sametime Community Server.

See the topic Authentication by token for information about how to enable this feature.