The Internal authentication type allows you to authenticate a user against a set of user names and passwords that are maintained in a text file on the CentraSite Registry/Repository. Passwords are stored in SHA-512 hashed format; they cannot be decrypted. All user names and passwords are case-sensitive.

A typical use of such an authentication type would be during the initial set-up and testing of all required CentraSite components. In a production environment, one would typically use a central repository, for example, Microsoft Active Directory or LDAP, instead of Internal authentication.

The domain name for the Internal authentication type is always INTERNAL; this cannot be changed. A user who is registered in the text file can log in using the domain and name INTERNAL\<UserName> , where <UserName> is the registered user name.

The Internal user repository initially contains one predefined user named Administrator with the password manage. This user logs in using the domain and user name INTERNAL\Administrator. If your default authentication configuration is the Internal configuration, this user can log in using just the user name Administrator, without specifying the domain name explicitly.

The dialog for creating a configuration for Internal authentication asks for the following values: