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The lack of network authentication to the backend is a significant hole in the current database product, especially at scale. Other major databases generally allow for database authentication via Active Directory or LDAP (e.g. Oracle, MS SQL, etc.). Advantages to adding this functionality include: Alleviates the maintenance of controlling each individual user on each database Provides for (and enforces) uniform access convention across the enterprise Removes the potential security vulnerability of distributing user lists in many locations (the whole being only as safe as the weakest link) Minimizes the user effort of providing credentials at each layer (providing usable security)
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