Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Core Business Services

Database security

The OpenEdge RDBMS provides the following security features:

Setting up compile-time and run-time database, table, and field authorization. For more information on managing the 4GL for this purpose, see OpenEdge Deployment: Managing 4GL Applications .
Creating embedded lists of users who are authenticated to use the database.
Assigning a security administrator, setting up users, and obtaining a report of users who are authenticated to use the database. For information on the administration tools for this purpose, see OpenEdge Development: Basic Database Tools (using character mode) and the Data Administration tool online help (using GUI mode).
Setting up schema authorization.
Sealing auditing data using a MAC key. For more information on MAC keys, see Chapter 3, " Cryptography." For more information on using MAC keys to seal auditing data, see Part III, "Auditing."
Working with operating system security.
Configuring the database server as an SSL server to enable SSL connections from 4GL (and SQL) clients. For more information on SSL in OpenEdge, see the "Application network security using SSL" section.

For more information on security for the OpenEdge RDBMS, see OpenEdge Data Management: Database Administration .