The standard EGO package authenticates all users who log on to EGO using its built-in authentication. EGO can also integrate with external user authentication protocols for stronger and more sophisticated user account management, including the following:
When using an external user authentication system, EGO users are authenticated using their identity in the external system.
EGO can also be installed on non-NFS file systems, such as AFS® and DCE/DFS™.
AFS: Andrew file system; a distributed networked file system
DCE/DFS: distributed computing environment/distributed file system; a remote file access protocol used with the distributed computing environment
Kerberos: An authentication protocol used to authenticate (user) identities in a secure manner across computer networks
SiteMinder: A security identity management system for authentication and authorization; provides policy-based authentication and authorization, as well as Single Sign-On for all Web-based applications