Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Application Server:
Administration

Authenticating a password using SpeedScript

As part of the basic, essential security measures for your site, you should:

Ensure that a user is, in fact, a valid user who is recognized by the system.
Grant this authenticated user access only to the system resources to which this individual is assigned, or authorized to use.

These measures are typically referred to as authentication and authorization, respectively. There are several commonly accepted methods to implement authentication and authorization, such as authentication based on username and password (for which a SpeedScript-based example is provided in this section), standard strong authentication, and Web browser to Web server authentication.