On Mer, 2003-07-09 at 17:38, Tom Duerbusch wrote: > Apparently we are getting serious enough about Single Signon Security > (SSS) that we are bringing venders in. I've been asked to join in to > represent the mainframe side. > > Most of our SSS on the mainframe revolves around VSE and the use of Top > Secret. I don't think that is a problem. > > But, now the Linux side..... > > > 1. Do, can, Linux users play in the SSS world? > 2. Is there SSS software that runs on Linux/390 servers? Perhaps > instead of bringing in a few NT boxes, we will just host it on the > mainframe. > 3. Is a SSS Server a good fit for Linux/390? If it uses a lot of CPU > and/or memory, it might not be a good fit for us.
NetProject have been doing work in this area (www.netproject.com) with some UK stuff. They may be worth pinging. Various folks do single sign on stuff and since security in Linux is modular (PAM modules) its easy to plug new authenticators into the system
