Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 3: Advanced Application Development

Chapter 62. Securing the ColdFusion Administrator

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• Administrator Security Options 153

• Administrator Page 154

• RDS Page 156

• User Manager Page 157

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Administrator Security Options

The ColdFusion Administrator is the browser-based interface for configuring the ColdFusion server environment. The Administrator is traditionally secured by a single password (Figure 62.1). ColdFusion 8 extends this security, allowing user-based access to Administrator functionality, including sandboxes (discussed in detail in Chapter 64, “Creating Server Sandboxes”) and the Administrator API. The ColdFusion 8 Administrator security options are:

• Administrator. Choose the authentication type and set the default password for ColdFusion ...