uCosminexus Application Server, Security Management Guide

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5.5.2 Application of single sign-on to existing application user management

The conditions listed in the following table must be met to apply integrated user management single sign-on when the existing application has already performed user management.

Table 5-11 Necessary conditions to apply integrated user management single sign-on

Presence of LoginModule Condition 1 Condition 2 Applicability Method
Yes Can be modified. n/a O Use sharedState to pass authentication information.
Cannot be modified. Authentication information can be passed by using sharedState. O Modify jaas.conf (the JAAS configuration file) for the single sign-on library.
Authentication information cannot be passed by using sharedState. X n/a
No The login API is available. n/a O Create a login module.
The login API is not available. n/a X n/a

Legend:

O: Can be applied

X: Cannot be applied

n/a: Not applicable


Among the Cosminexus standard login modules, WebPasswordLoginModule, WebCertificateLoginModule, WebPasswordLDAPLoginModule, and WebPasswordJDBCLoginModule (login modules that authenticate users) support single sign-on.