Re: Getting a Java Sign-on Dialog

[Patrick L Archibald <Patrick.Archibald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Deiter

Authenticating on the AS/400 is really not that expensive. You only do 
it once per session. In an Intranet environment where all your users 
have AS/400 profiles it is ideal.

Thanx, PLA


Dieter Bender wrote:

> Hi,
>
> doing authentication by connect to database is not really scalable. Creating 
> an as400 object to authenticate is even worse. Don't do such things. Have a 
> look at java best practices or recent style guidelines.
>
> Dieter Bender
>
>
> On Freitag, 27. Februar 2004 17:24, Ivan Hurtado wrote:
>  
>
> > I am in the early design/architecture phase of an
> > AS400 Server Side web app, and I am trying to make a
> > decision on our authentication strategy. I have never
> > developed Java using an as400 as the server, so please
> > bear with me.
> >
> > I have the "iSeries & AS/400 Java at Work" book by Don
> > Denoncourt (which seems to be a very good 400
> > reference) and with examples from there I was able to
> > create a Java app (running from my desktop) that
> > connects to the as400. Upon connection, it brings up
> > the Java Sign-on dialog auto-magically which is nice.
> > But, I was hoping to be able to do something similar
> > for my server side app by putting similar code in some
> > Login servlet. The point is that I would like the
> > as400 to handle the authentication for me if possible,
> > to eliminate the need for creating user tables. How
> > can I best accomplish this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ivan Hurtado
> > Sr. Programmer
> > Hull & Company, Inc.
> > iva030@xxxxxxxxx
> > ihurtado@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
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