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The article describes the approach that can be used for secure authentication and password management in FIXEdge with use of password encryption. The approach is an alternative to storing session's UserName and Password in FIXEdge.properties configuration file as a plain text.
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The idea of storing user credentials in a separate place can be implemented by means of History element of FIXEdge Business Layer. File history is considered below, however ODBC History (means Database) can be used for this purpose as well.
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Note, UserName and Password for Control Session (if they are required) will still need to be specified in plain text in FIXEdge.properties configuration file. However, the access to the Control Session can be limited, for example by source IP. |
The following rule should be specified in BL_Config configuration file in order to register new user credentials via CONTROL-CENTER session:
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