Articles tagged as security
Creating and configuring database-local roles
Neo4j 4.0 introduced advanced security features in the form of role-based access controls, much needed, especially with the introduction of multiple database functionality. These controls can be accessed by administrators…
Explanation of error "javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: certificate_unknown"
When connecting to a Neo4j instance with the Neo4j Browser, the following error may be logged in the $NEO4J_HOME\logs\debug.log This is usually as a result of either a bad certificate…
LDAP Error: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
When configuring LDAP with certificates you may encounter the following issue: The problem appears when your server uses a self-signed certificate. To workaround it, you can add this certificate to…
Protecting against Cypher injection
What is Cypher injection? Cypher injection is a way for maliciously formatted input to jump out of its context, and by altering the query itself, hijack the query and perform…
Resolve TLS certificate errors
TLS encryption is required everywhere. This is a compilation of few errors you can expect while configuring your server. openssl command is required to diagnose or manipulate the certificates. Check…
TLS/SSL Configuration for Specific Ciphers
Per documentation: dbms.ssl.policy.<policyname>.ciphers is by default set to the Java platform default allowed cipher suites, which can also be explicitly set to any specific ciphers (separated by ",") to further…