Nodes
A node is a machine that can generate or validate an authenticate token. The node contains properties that you set to control security and specify parameters for which tokens the node will accept. The system stores the node properties in the database or the jde.ini files, depending on your particular setup.
Each node contains these properties:
Property |
Description |
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Node name |
A logical name associated with this node. The length of the node name cannot exceed 15 characters. |
Node password |
Each node has a password which is known only by the system administrator. It serves as a key to ensure that the token does not get tampered with after it is generated. |
Physical machine name |
The physical machine name in which the node resides. |
Trusted nodes list |
This property contains the list of nodes that can be trusted by this node. For security purposes, only tokens that are generated by predefined machines can be accepted. These predefined machines are called trusted nodes. The trusted node is one-way, for example if you set up node A to trust node B, it does not mean that node B trusts node A. |
Token lifetime properties |
When validating a token, the node checks the time the token was issued against the amount of time that you set in the token lifetime properties. For example, if you set the token lifetime for six hours, and the node receives a token that was originally issued seven hours prior, the node will not accept the token. You can use these two properties to specify the token lifetime:
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