Databases Reference
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If you choose not to authenticate your application, Oracle Application Express does
not check user credentials. All the pages of your application are accessible to all users.
The following screenshot shows the low of the authentication mechanism:
Oracle Application Express provides out-of-the-box, pre-conigured schemes
and customized authentication. The "best" choice for a production system is an
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
(
LDAP
) solution. Examples are Microsoft
Active Directory, Single Sign On (Oracle Internet Directory), Open LDAP, and
Oracle Access Manager. The authentication delegation is outside of Oracle
Application Express. In addition, there is also a choice that can be made for custom
authentication. This method is the most lexible solution. This methodology allows
users to be authenticated against tables, web services, and so on.
To create security mechanisms for an application, navigate to the shared components
page and select the appropriate link in the
Security
list.
The following screenshot shows the
Shared Components
section with the
Security
list components:
