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Re: Web single sign-on
From: Eric Rostetter <eric.rostetter () physics utexas edu>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:24:07 -0600
Quoting Marty <marti () videotron ca>:
We have a big discussion going on at one of my clients as we are about to add an Internet portal to several applications. We are looking at implementing a single sign-on (SSO) solution for our web applications.
Good idea.
1- Should we buy an already made up single sign-on solution or build one in house?
Or use an existing opensource solution.
We've met with the people from Tivoli and Computers associates already. Other suggestions?
Nope. Lots out there.
2- What if we go for a temporary in-house solution for next year and get stuck with it as the portal and the number of applications starts growing?
Then you need to make sure the in-house solution you pick, even if only meant to be temporary, is flexible and extensible.
My concern here is the potential of risk being blamed by the auditors about an in-house development vs a well known product.
I wouldn't worry about that. Either cen be secure/insecure, cheap/expensive, easy/hard to maintain, etc. No clear advantage either way without knowing your extact setup (manpower available, skill level, etc).
The number of users of the portal will grow in the ten of thousands by the end of next year. Robustness of the solution should also be a main factor.
Yes, but that doesn't affect the choice of in-house/opensource/commercial.
The security of the project is taken care of by firewall, access list, DMZ etc.
Well, I'd sure not depend on only that. Build security into everything, including the single-signon. Security through depth.
The number of different application is already up to ten and the portal is not even built yet. The deployment of the appliactions (all web based) should start as early as march 2003.
Normal.
Pre-requisites : We have to work with the fact that the environment is IBM Websphere servers and the fact that we are already using LDAP for authentication on some applications. No comments on that part please, we have to live with it...
Look at commerical apps and opensource apps (like Horde at www.horde.org) and see if anything meets your needs. If not, then go in-house.
Thanks! Marty
-- Eric Rostetter The Department of Physics The University of Texas at Austin Why get even? Get odd!
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- Re: Web single sign-on David M. Williams (Dec 09)
- Re: Web single sign-on Maurizio Marini (Dec 09)
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