It's not strictly necessary but my understanding is, according to the SQL server docs,
NT authentication is much more secure, not as susceptible to brute force dictionary
attacks, etc. Frankly
it was the only way I could consistently get everything to work for us using
SiteMinder.
Michiel Boland wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Tristan Roddis wrote:
>
> > Well, we finally managed to get the userdirectory out of Access and over to
> > SQLServer - and we got around the problem of database connections by
> > switching from SQLServer authentication (woes detailed below) to NT
> > authentication for the database login
>
> I don't think this (NT authentication) is necessary. Just enter the
> required SQL login parameters in the userdirectory settings in the
> ColdFusion administrator advanced security section. Works every time for
> me.
>
> Cheers
> Michiel
>
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