The driver supports the following authentication methods:
  • User ID/password authentication authenticates using a database user name and password provided by the application.
  • Kerberos authentication uses Kerberos, a trusted third-party authentication service, to verify user identities. Kerberos authentication can take advantage of the user name and password maintained by the operating system to authenticate users to the database or use another set of user credentials specified by the application.

    This method requires knowledge of how to configure your Kerberos environment and supports Windows Active Directory Kerberos only.