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Remote Development Services (RDS) Security

ColdFusion RDS security provides security services to developers working in ColdFusion Studio. RDS security 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 security authenticates users and grants them access only to the 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 security 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 secures 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 Services: file browsing, editing, database operations, debugging, and so on.

For more information see the Configuring Basic Security chapter in the Administering ColdFusion Server book.

Configuring RDS security

A ColdFusion Administrator implements RDS security, so that when developers attempt to access protected resources, they must provide a username and password.

When developers working in ColdFusion Studio connect to the ColdFusion Server and attempt to access remote servers, files or data sources, access is granted according to the rules and policies associated with their logins.

For more information see the Administering ColdFusion Server book.


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