Specifies the type of authentication to be used with file
DSN or DSN-less connectivity.
- Equivalent CLI keyword
- Authentication
- Equivalent IBM® Data Server
Provider for .NET connection
string keyword
- Authentication
- IBM data server driver configuration
keyword syntax
- <parameter name="Authentication" value="CERTIFICATE | SERVER | SERVER_ENCRYPT | SERVER_ENCRYPT_AES | DATA_ENCRYPT | KERBEROS | GSSPLUGIN"/>
- Default setting:
- None
- Usage notes:
If
the Authentication keyword is set to KERBEROS,
you must also set the TargetPrinciple keyword.
In
Version 9.7 Fix Pack 6 and later, you can specify the SSL client authentication
by setting the Authentication keyword to the CERTIFICATE value
for connection to DB2® for z/OS® servers
with following conditions:- A connection to the server must be established with the CLI driver
or IBM Data Server
Provider for .NET.
The CERTIFICATE authentication is specific to CLI,
ODBC, or .NET connections.
- DB2 for z/OS server
must be Version 10 or later. If you are connecting to DB2 for z/OS Version
10 server, APAR PM53450 must be installed.
- Connections to DB2 for z/OS server
must be a direct connection between DB2 client
and supported DB2 for z/OS server.
You cannot use DB2 Connect
server as a gateway to establish connection to target DB2 for z/OS servers.
- The SSLCLientLabel keyword must set.
- A connection to supported DB2 for z/OS servers
must be made with the application connection string or with the IBM data server driver configuration
file. For the CLI driver
connection, you can use the db2cli.ini file instead
of the IBM data server driver
configuration file. You cannot use the local database catalog to establish
connections to DB2 for z/OS servers.
- You cannot specify a user password.
DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows