The process of authenticating users involves a user registry
and an authentication mechanism. Optionally, you can define trust
between WebSphere® Application Server and a proxy
server, configure single sign-on capability, and specify how to propagate
security attributes between application servers.
About this task
The following security topics are covered in this section:
- User registries
- For information on local operating system, Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol (LDAP), custom user registries, and user repositories
such as virtual member manager, see Selecting a registry or repository.
- Trust associations
- For more information on trust associations, see Trust associations.
- Single sign-on
- For more information on single sign-on, see Single sign-on for authentication using LTPA cookies.
- Security attribute propagation
- For more information on propagation tokens, authorization tokens, single sign-on tokens, and authentication tokens, see Security attribute propagation.
The following information is covered in this section:
Procedure
What to do next
After completing the configuring the authentication process,
you must authorize access to resources. For more information, see
Authorizing access to resources.