What Is Important to Know

The following bullet points summarize the chapter and accentuate the key concepts you need to know for the exam:

• Domino provides multiple layers (7 to be exact) of security: physical, network, database, design element, document, and field-level.

• The seven levels of database access (Manager, Designer, Editor, Author, Reader, Depositor, and No Access) are the cores of database-level security. You should know each level and understand the differences thoroughly.

• Domino facilitates document-level security through Readers and Authors fields. It is crucial that you understand the similarities and differences between them thoroughly.

• Domino supports public and private key encryption, which is a very powerful security tool. Additionally, data can be encrypted at the network level before it is transmitted to other Domino servers and clients.

• You should understand what a group is and how it can be used to grant or restrict access.

• You should understand how roles can be used to secure applications.

• You should understand the differences between personal and shared agents.

• You should understand the various agent triggers.

• You should have a thorough understanding of the security issues around the different types of agents.

• You should know how agents can be run over the Web.

• You should understand the how the ECL can be used to secure a user's workstation.

• You should understand how the ID used to save an agent affects the authority of the agent.

• You should understand Web authentication, particularly the concept of Anonymous access and Maximum Internet Access.