.. _configure-security:

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Managing credentials
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mdtmFTP supports two types of authentication method: 

* Username/password authentication
* `GSI`_ certificate-based authentication.  


Typically, GSI certificate-based authentication is highly 
recommended for production environments.

.. _GSI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_Security_Infrastructure

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   managing-credentials-passwords.rst
   managing-credentials-gsi.rst