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• Authentication is required when accessing the JS7 - REST Web Service API and therefore when accessing the JOC Cockpit graphical user interfacewhen accessing the JS7 - Browser User Interface, i.e. the JOC Cockpit GUI.
• Authentication supports use of account/password and use of certificates.
• Single factor authentication and two-factor authentication are supported.

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• Account/Password Authentication
  • for use with the built-in account management of JOC Cockpit.
  • for use with any LDAP based Directory Service such as e.g. Microsoft Active Directory®.
• Mutual Authentication with Certificates
  • X.509 compliant certificates can be used by any client (Browser Client, API Client).

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With JOC Cockpit being set up for mutual authentication the certificates can be used

• to enforce two-factor authentication with clients having to provide a certificate and a password,
• to allow single-factor authentication using a certificate instead of a password.

Authentication Strategies

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