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author | John Terpstra <jht@samba.org> | 2005-06-19 15:21:11 +0000 |
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committer | Gerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2008-04-23 08:46:51 -0500 |
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diff --git a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-PDC.xml b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-PDC.xml index 7518dd6edc..a82d36e9dd 100644 --- a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-PDC.xml +++ b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-PDC.xml @@ -266,7 +266,32 @@ administrative nightmare. <para> SSO implementations may involve centralization of all user account information in one repository. Depending on -... add stuff here JHT! +environmental complexity and the age of the systems over which a SSO solution is implemented, it may not be +possible to change the solution architecture so as to accomodate a new identity management and user +authentication system. Many SSO solutions involving legacy systems consist of a new super-structure that +handles authentication on behalf of the user. The software that gets layered over the old system may simply +implement a proxy authentication system. This means that the addition of SSO increases over-all information +systems complexity. Ideally, the implementation of SSO should reduce complexity and reduce administative +overheads. +</para> + +<para> +JJJ More Info HERE! +</para> + +<para> +Briefly describe: 1. New auth system that uses external auth. + 2. SSO system that stores info about all IT systems, and provides front-end + app. that hides the IT systems beneath a veneer of its own. + 3. Meta-directories and distribution if ID info. + 4. The significance of Samba in the context of SSO + 5. Implications of domain security + a) with NT4 domain + b) with ADS +</para> + +<para> +Other considerations: Should this stuff go elsewhere? Should it be dropped? Should this chapter be revamped? </para> </sect1> |