Sorry, that was pretty much the extent of my
knowledge. Single-SignOn is currently the largest hurdle being tackled by
enterprise integration software. All the portal companies are trying to
deal with it. And the whole issue is still in its infancy. I suspect
overtime everyone is going to adopt a common protocol.
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> That is where I wasw headed. And after poking around on the net I came across
> LTPA, Lightweight Third Party Authentication. It seems to follow the same
> model. Do you or anyone know more about LTPA or where to go to find some
> expertise on it?
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> We had 3 apps that we needed to integrate using a single sign on.
> Basically the solution was using cookies. You log in to only one spot, and
> it creates some cookies that the other apps can see. The other apps check
> for those cookies and automatically validate the user in however they do
> it.
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> So whatever you're trying to integrate, needs to allow you some
> flexibility when it comes to extending authentication of users.
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> > I have a CF4.5 application that is broken down into several services (for our
> > client to pick and choose from) over the evolution of this product suite we
> > incorporated 2 new services that were written in Lotus Notes/Domino 5. We are
> > now planning to incorporate a BI reporting tool into the mix, so our users can
> > design their own queries into our data warehouse. I am planning to move our
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> > users list to an LDAP server that will also be used by the BI tool. Domino
> will
> > also sync its user list to the LDAP server. So now I have a single repository
> > of usernames/passwords. So all 3 solutions will use Challenge/Response
> > authentication (ie. you try to hit the main page and a dialog box pops up
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> > you for credentials. It is not a form with u/p fields and a submit button).
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> > questions is how do I transparently push the username/password of the user
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> > logged in to the CF app into the Domino app and the BI Tool app?
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> > Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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> > Thanks,
> > tom
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