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ColdFusion Remote Development Security (RDS)

ColdFusion RDS provides security services to developers working in ColdFusion Studio. RDS is at the core of the security framework in a team-oriented ColdFusion development environment where groups of developers, working in ColdFusion Studio, require different levels of access to ColdFusion files and data sources.

Working in ColdFusion Studio, developers access these ColdFusion resources remotely, opening *.cfm files or accessing data sources. RDS authenticates users granting access only to those resources appropriate to their login. Authentication is carried out against the NT domain server or an LDAP directory specified in the Administrator as part of a security context.

RDS and Basic security

In addition to Advanced security and debugging, RDS also provides basic security for ColdFusion. Access to RDS for Basic security is enabled by specifying a ColdFusion Studio password on the Administrator Basic Security page. RDS security protects ColdFusion Server data sources and files, and enables file browsing and debugging as well. To access these resources, developers in ColdFusion Studio must supply a password which, when authenticated, permits access to RDS: file browsing, editing, database operations, debugging, and so on.

For more information, see Chapter 8, Configuring Basic Security.

Configuring RDS

In order to implement RDS, you use the ColdFusion Administrator to:

  1. Define a security server. See Setting Up a Security Server for more information.
  2. Create a security context, defining the scope of the security you want to implement. See Defining a Security Context for more information.
  3. Set up rules and policies that match secured resources with authorized users. See Creating Rules and Policies for more information.

With a security context defined, 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.


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