Single sign on

A client is asked to provide user name and password information only once. The provided identity propagates throughout the system.

When a client request needs to flow through multiple systems within the enterprise, the client needs to authenticate only once. This concept of identity propagation is solved using a single sign on method.

The authenticated context is propagated to downstream systems, which can apply access control.

Either Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL or Tivoli Access Manager plug-in for Web servers can be used as reverse proxy servers to provide access management and single sign on capability to WebSphere Process Server resources. Details of how to configure these tools can be found in the WebSphere Application Server documentation.

Related information
Configuring single sign-on capability with Tivoli Access Manager or WebSEAL

Last updated: Tue 24 Oct 2006 22:01:09

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