AuthenticationMode

Description

The AuthenticationMode enumeration contains authentication or authorization types used for a connection.

It is used by the following properties and methods:

Value	Brief description
0	AnyAccepted. Any accepted authentication type.
1	Password. Password authentication. One should explicitly provide user name and password. Credentials are processed using the IPasswordCredentials interface.
2	Domain. Integrated domain authentication. The same user name and password will be used that were used to connect to the domain. Credentials are processed using the IDomainCredentials interface.
3	Role. Role authentication. Each user is associated with a certain role. NOTE. Role authentication is an outdated type. It is kept for compatibility with previous versions.
4	DomainExplicit. Domain authentication. One should explicitly provide domain, user name, and password. Credentials are processed using the IDomainCredentials interface. Domain authentication is relevant for the following DBMS: Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL.
5	Certificate. Certificate authentication. Certificate owner can work in the repository under any user.
6	PasswordEncrypted. Password authentication with encryption. This type is relevant only for the application server.
7	OAuth. Authentication via external services with the use of the OAuth or OpenID Connect protocol. It is used only in the web application of Foresight Analytics Platform.
8	ExtService. Repository authorization of the user who was authenticated in an external service. It supports authorization via JWT token or HTTP headers containing information about the external service user.