Application Security

In order for any system to be authorized to access FIMMAS information, an application ID must be assigned and paired with a remote host ID. These IDs are managed through the web portal interface application security settings in FIMMAS.

The interface allows a FIMMAS administrator to define a status, timeout period, timeout grace period, and a password. Application security tokens can be assigned in two ways:

• Revolving: The application must periodically provide its ID and password to be assigned a temporary token that is valid for the period specified in the timeout and grace period fields. To set a revolving token, the FIMMAS administrator must assign a password to the application ID that the application would use to authenticate with.
• Static: The application is manually assigned a token by the FIMMAS administrator that does not expire. To set a static token, set the timeout value to 99 and create an application session record with a specific token value.