Authentication

All users must have a valid account in infoRouter before they can use it. infoRouter user accounts are created by the System Administrator and are stored in infoRouter's own security database. Your user account is what identifies you both to the system and to other users. It allows you to check documents in and out, and it allows you to be granted permissions within the document and folder security framework.

In addition to this concept of an infoRouter user account, there is a separate concept of a login account. This is the username and password that you enter when you first login to infoRouter. A login account "authenticates" your identity, meaning that it requires you to prove that you are who you say you are by entering a username and password.

The reason that these are described as separate concepts is because your System Administrator has the opportunity to authenticate your identity against the internal infoRouter database, OR against your company's existing Windows NT/2000 user database, OR both. This provides the System Administrator with the flexibility to integrate infoRouter into your company's own business requirements.

Windows NT/2000 Authentication:

When users log in, they will be authenticated directly by Windows NT/2000. Please note that infoRouter requires that each user have an account in the infoRouter database, as well. Note also that any changes to the user password in infoRouter will have no effect on the user password in Windows NT/2000.Fortunately, user accounts can be imported into infoRouter directly from Windows NT/2000. Learn more in Importing NT/2000 Users and Groups.

infoRouter Authentication:

When users log in, they will be authenticated directly by infoRouter (even if they have been imported from NT/2000). This approach is commonly used in environments which support a number of users who are not a part of the NT/2000 domain (e.g. clients, vendors, etc.). In this method, all users are maintained inside of infoRouter.

Mixed Security Authentication:

When users log in, they will be asked to choose whether they wish to be authenticated by infoRouter or by Windows NT/2000. In either case, note that infoRouter requires that each user have an account in the infoRouter database, as well. Note also that any changes to the user password in infoRouter will have no effect on the user password in Windows NT/2000.