The following table summarizes the Derby properties related to user authentication.
For details on these properties, see the Derby Reference Manual.
| Property Name | Use |
|---|---|
| derby.authentication.provider | Specifies the kind of user authentication to use. |
| derby.authentication.builtin.algorithm | Specifies the message digest algorithm to use to protect the passwords that are stored in the database when using NATIVE authentication. |
| derby.authentication.builtin.iterations | Specifies the number of times to apply the hash function specified by the message digest algorithm. |
| derby.authentication.builtin.saltLength | Specifies the number of bytes of random salt that will be added to users' credentials before hashing them. |
| derby.authentication.native.passwordLifetimeMillis | Specifies the number of milliseconds that a password used for NATIVE authentication remans valid. |
| derby.authentication.native.passwordLifetimeThreshold | Specifies the threshold that triggers a password-expiration warning for NATIVE authentication. |
| derby.connection.requireAuthentication | Turns on user authentication. If NATIVE authentication is used, Derby behaves as if this property is set to TRUE. |
| derby.authentication.server | For LDAP user authentication, specifies the location of the server. |
| derby.authentication.ldap.searchAuthDN, derby.authentication.ldap.searchAuthPW, derby.authentication.ldap.searchFilter, and derby.authentication.ldap.searchBase | Configures the way that DN searches are performed. |
| derby.user.UserName | Caches user DNs locally for LDAP authentication when derby.authentication.ldap.searchFilter is set to derby.user. |
| java.naming.* | JNDI properties. See Appendix A in the JNDI API reference (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/jndi/spec/jndi/properties.html) for more information about these properties. |