Chapter 5. Security

Terms you'll need to understand:

• Access Control List (ACL)

• Server Access List

• Group

• Readers field

• Authors field

• Default access

Techniques you'll need to master:

• Adding security to an application

• Defining security levels for application users

• Determining Databases Group Access

• Securing applications: Authors fields

• Securing applications: Readers fields

• Setting database access: Default Access

• Setting and reading ACLs

Application security is one of the most important concepts for a developer to understand, especially in today's world of ubiquitous networking. Domino provides a multitiered security architecture that gives developers unprecedented power and flexibility, but is often confusing for new developers.

This chapter covers the information you need to be familiar with regarding the Domino security model. You should expect to see several questions regarding security on the exam, especially on Readers and Authors fields, which are two of the most misunderstood Domino security concepts.