Speaker
Mr
Emmanuel Ormancey
(CERN)
Description
The need for Single Sign On has always been restricted by the lack of cross
platform solutions: a single sign on working only on one platform or technology
is nearly useless. The recent improvements in Web Services Federation (WS-
Federation) standard enabling federation of identity, attribute, authentication
and authorization information can now provide real extended Single Sign On
solutions.
CERN has investigated various options and now provides a Web SSO solution
using some parts of WS-Federation technology. By using Shibboleth Service
Provider module for Apache hosted web sites and Microsoft ADFS as identity
provider linked to Active Directory user, users can now authenticate on any
web application using a single authentication platform, providing identity, user
information (building, phone...) as well as group membership enabling
authorization possibilities. A typical scenario: a CERN user can now
authenticate on a Linux/Apache website using Windows Integrated credentials,
and his Active Directory group membership can be checked before allowing
access to a specific web page.
Author
Mr
Emmanuel Ormancey
(CERN)
