Paul Stanway Jr
07-20-2005, 08:04 PM
Sun To Open-Source Web Authentication, Single Sign-On
The company is the first major identity-management player to release a core technology component under an open-source license.
By Joseph F. Kovar
Courtesy of CRN
Sun Microsystems plans to open-source its Web site authentication and single sign-on technology.
Eric Leach, director of product management at Sun, said the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company will open-source the technology through the Open Source Web Single Sign-On, or OpenSSO project. That effort includes technology related to authentication, single domain, single sign-on, Web agents and J2EE agents, he said.
Read more at http://www.linuxpipeline.com/165702204?cid=RSSfeed
The company is the first major identity-management player to release a core technology component under an open-source license.
By Joseph F. Kovar
Courtesy of CRN
Sun Microsystems plans to open-source its Web site authentication and single sign-on technology.
Eric Leach, director of product management at Sun, said the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company will open-source the technology through the Open Source Web Single Sign-On, or OpenSSO project. That effort includes technology related to authentication, single domain, single sign-on, Web agents and J2EE agents, he said.
Read more at http://www.linuxpipeline.com/165702204?cid=RSSfeed