Null Authentication

Null authentication occurs when a SIMPLE Proxy User object named by the user contains no auth_user_name= item. In this situation, whatever input is given for the password is accepted without any checking. The pre-installed anonymous and ftp Proxy User objects are examples of this type of authentication.

There is nothing special about the names anonymous and ftp for these pre-installed objects. You can create additional null authentication Proxy User objects and use them in-lieu of or in addition to the pre-installed ones. This allows the creation of null authentication paths that are private to your installation.)