Hiding the Design of Your Application

Summary

In today's increasingly networked world, application security is paramount and you'll find that a thorough understanding of Domino security is crucial for developers who need to build secure applications. This chapter provided the basic information that every developer should know about Domino security, including the eight layers of Domino security, authentication, the seven access levels of the database ACL, form and view security, and document-level security through Readers and Authors fields.

On a final note, as a developer, you might not have the authority to change most or all the security settings discussed in this chapter, but a system administrator who should be experienced in this area traditionally does. If you're interested in more thorough coverage of the many security options in Domino, you can consult the Lotus Domino Administrator Help 6 database (htlp_admin6.nsf).