An access management system, usually distributed over a network, which allows users to sign on once and gain entry to multiple applications and network sessions. This works to alleviate the problems of frequent password reset requests from users who have difficulty remembering several passwords.
comfortable form of authentication of a user against a complex system with many subsystems: a single authentication action against the system (usually via a dedicated authentication server) leads to an authentication that is valid for all subsystems to which access is necessary in a certain role and situation
A authentication mechanism that enables a user to log in once and then access multiple applications. These applications form a circle of trust that use each other's cookies as verification of authority so that the user does not have to login to each application separately.
Users sign onto a site only once and are given access to one or more applications in a single domain or across multiple domains.
A feature that allows a user's authentication to one service in a distributed system to be automatically applied to other services in the system.
Single Sign-On (SSO) is a term used to describe technology which allows a user to access multiple resources, whilst only having to authenticate once. An example of a Single Sign-On technology is Pubcookie (external link). See also Pubcookie.
Single sign-on enables a you to authenticate once, combined with strong authentication occurring transparently in subsequent connections to other databases or applications. It lets you access multiple accounts and applications with a single password, entered during a single connection.
The ability of a user to authenticate once, combined with strong authentication occurring transparently in subsequent connections to other databases or applications. Single sign-on lets a user access multiple accounts and applications with a single password, entered during a single connection. Single password, single authentication.
A mechanism to verify a user across multiple applications through a single authentication challenge. WebSphere Portal Server uses Java Authentication and Authorization Services to achieve single sign-on.
A system designed to allow a single user authentication to grant access to all the computers and systems to which the user has access. By integrating all of a user's usernames and passwords and retrieving them on-demand, the system eliminates human error (which can lead to system failure) as well as the burden and vulnerability of having several passwords.
The mechanism that allows a user to logon once and access multiple applications through a single authorization challenge. Using SSO, a user does not need to log on to each application separately. See also global sign-on.
A user or session authentication process that allows a user to provide one name and password and have credentials propagated to access multiple systems and applications.
Using the same username/password combination to access every resource from a single logon event.
A system capability that enables users to access a number of applications without having to log on and/or present a password to each application.
Enables a user to authenticate on one web server and access resources hosted on other web servers (or other virtual hosts within the same web server) without having to re-authenticate.
Single sign-on enables the user to gain access to multiple Resources by authenticating only once.
The notion that one can access all computing resources that one should be able to reach using a single set of authentication credentials that are presented a single time per login session. Single sign-on is a notion for improved usability of security systems that can often increase the security exposure of a system significantly.
The ability for a user to log in to different servers using a single password. This permits the user to authenticate to all servers the user is authorized to access.
1. In CMS, a password that simplifies the way you sign on to iPlanet Certificate Management Server by storing the passwords for the internal database and tokens. Each time you log on, you're required to enter just this single password. 2. The ability for a user to log in once to a single computer and be authenticated automatically by a variety of servers within a network. Partial single sign-on solutions can take many forms, including mechanisms for automatically tracking passwords used with different servers. Certificates support single sign-on within a public-key infrastructure (PKI). A user can log in once to a local client's private-key database and thereafter, as long as the client software is running, rely on certificate-based authentication to access each server within an organization that the user is allowed to access.
A single logon is sufficient to access various systems, from SAP Enterprise Portal, for example.
The ability for a user to authenticate once, combined with strong authentication occurring transparently in subsequent connections to other databases or applications. Single sign-on lets a user access multiple accounts and applications with a single password. Oracle Advanced Security supports Kerberos, CyberSafe, DCE, and SSL-based single sign-on.
A method of authentication that allows a user to log into a network, and, for a period of time, have his or her credentials passed to the requested applications, enabling the use of the resource without requiring separate authentication for each one.
A process that allows a user with a domain account to log on to a network once, using a password or smart card, and to gain access to any computer in the domain. See also: domain; smart card
One log-on provides access to all resources of the network, LAN, or WAN.
Single sign-on (SSO) is a specialized form of software authentication that enables a user to authenticate once and gain access to the resources of multiple software systems.