As a new OEM for Sybase 12, we're being told we have to send an authentication string or our connections will become read only after 30 seconds and we'll get an authentication error (which we have seen). Is there documentation that explains how this string must be passed? Specifically:

1. How do we pass this authentication string in our programs? a. Is it passed on the connection string like user/pass or the DB key? b. If it is passed after the DB connection is made, what is the format/syntax of this call? (how do we perform this via SQL?)
2. Where do we obtain the authentication string to pass and what information is required to be submitted?
3. Is this tied to our OEM key?
4. Is the authentication string the same for all of our product or different per each application?
5. Is this string different between engine and server(dbeng12 vs dbsrv12)

If we can pass the string similar to the encryption key or user/pass then we could limit our changes.

If we have to pass the string AFTER we obtain the DB connection, then we will have to change each program.