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Authentication methods

The JADE Client provides a number of authentication methods.

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• BasicAuthentication:
  • an Account (i.e. user name) is required
  • AND an optional Password
  • BasicAuthentication can be used with the following protocol fragments:
    •  FTP FTP and FTPS fragments 
    • HTTP and HTTPS fragments
    • WebDAV fragments
  • Note that BasicAuthentication requires that Passwords are stored in the configuration files, bringing a
• SSHAuthentication:
  • an Account (i.e. user name) is required
  • AND either:
    • AuthenticationMethodPassword with a (required) Password
    • OR AuthenticationMethodPublickey
      • with a (required) AuthenticationFile location
      • AND an optional Passphrase that protects the File
  • SSHAuthentication can be used with with the following protocol fragments:
    • SFTP fragments 
    • jump fragments
• SMBAuthentication (in conjunction with SMBFragment elements / the SMB protocol and a Hostmane)
  • an Account (i.e. user name) is required
    
    • AND an optional Domain
    • AND an optional Password
  • SMBAuthentication can only be used with with the SMB protocol fragment.

Optional Authentication Elements

Note that the following additional authentication elements can be optionally specified:

Proxies

Proxies can be specified for each connection in the relevant connection fragment. For example, the ProxyForFTP element is specified as a child of the FTPFragment.

Alternative Connections

Alternative protocols and thereby alternative authentication methods can be specified using the AlternativeFragments element.

This element is used to define a series of connections that are tried one after the other in the event of a primary connection not being available.

Strict Host Key Checking

• StrictHostkeyChecking can be specified for some protocol fragments to provide maximum security against Trojan horse attacks.

Untrusted Certificates

• AcceptUntrustedCertificate  can be used to allow self-signed certificates to be accepted.

Authentication using the SOS Credential Store

JADE can use the SOS Credential Store to securely access authentication credentials.