Learn how to use Microsoft Passport's authentication features to enable single sign-on (SSO) in your Web applications. This article details the features that comprise SSO and demonstrates the SSO process.
by Bilal Siddiqui
November 5, 2003
he first article of this series, "Set Up Passport Authentication in ASP.NET", discussed using the authentication features of Microsoft Passport in ASP.NET applications. This second and final installment demonstrates how to use the same authentication features to enable single sign-on (SSO). SSO enables users to authenticate themselves at one site and then use the resources of several trusted sites without re-authentication.
To provide an understanding of the SSO process, the article first explains the features that comprise single sign-on. The second section details the data formats Passport uses, as well as the information exchange during SSO. The next section puts the pieces together and demonstrates the actual SSO process. The final section describes how to fulfill the sign-out requirements of Passport authentication.
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