Showing posts with label LDAP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LDAP. Show all posts

Monday, 8 July 2019

Understanding the Contro over Single Sign On

Single sign on (SSO) allows you to authenticate yourself to a variety of different but related systems.

LDAP is a technology typically used to implement this. LDAP is detailed in a series of IETF RFCs and has its roots in X.500 directory services.

As enterprises generally require different levels of secure access the term SSO has been criticised in favour of the term RSO or "reduced sign on".