List of user authentication properties

The following table summarizes the various properties related to user authentication.

Table 1. User authentication properties
Property Name	Use
derby.connection.requireAuthentication	Turns on user authentication.
derby.authentication.provider	Specifies the kind of user authentication to use.
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	Creates a user name and password for the built-in user repository in Derby.
derby.authentication.builtin.algorithm	Specifies the message digest algorithm to use to protect the passwords that are stored in the database when using built-in authentication.
java.naming.*	JNDI properties. See Appendix A in the JNDI API reference for more information about these properties.

Important: Derby's built-in authentication mechanism is suitable only for development and testing purposes. It is strongly recommended that production systems rely on LDAP or a user-defined class for authentication. It is also strongly recommended that production systems protect network connections with SSL/TLS.