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Configuring the Remote Server for Local Database Password Encryption

You can enable RSA SHA-1 encryption, a one-way hashing algorithm, to be applied to the local database password before it is passed to the local database for authentication.

Encryption adds a layer of security by disconnecting the password stored in the local database from the unencrypted password entered by the user.

Encryption of the local database password requires configuration on the Remote server and on the Mobile Web Client.

• The Encrypt client Db password parameter (alias EncryptLocalDbPwd) on the Database Extract server component (alias DbXtract) determines whether the local database password is encrypted for the clients of given database extract. If set to TRUE, then RSA SHA-1 encryption is applied to the password the user enters, else it is not.
• Local database password encryption requires that the database security adapter on the Mobile Web Client be used for authentication. Parameters must be set in the .cfg file for the application on the Mobile Web Client for which password encryption is implemented.

  For information about configuring the Mobile Web Client to support local database password encryption, see Configuring the Mobile Web Client for Local Database Password Encryption.

For information about doing a database extract, see Database Extraction for a Mobile Web Client.

For a list of all database extract component parameters, see Parameters of the Database Extract Component.