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Single Sign On Concepts and Protocols

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Single Sign On Concepts and Protocols (PDF, 17.16MB)Published: 25 Mar, 2004
Created by:
Sandeep Sandhu

A single sign on infrastructure is increasingly becoming essential in modern enterprises with many users accessing multiple applications over large networks. This paper describes the characteristics and concepts of a few important protocols and technologies that have been used for implementing authentication and single sign-on (SSO) mechanisms for computer networks.