User guide

Authentication
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Authentication
Authentication is the operation used to check the validity of any person who attempts to use the system.
This section explains the authentication function provided with Interstage Single Sign-on.
Interstage Single Sign-on supports the following authentication methods for user authentication:
Figure 1-11 Authentication
For details about Password authentication, Form authentication, Basic authentication, and Certificate
authentication, refer to “Password and Certificate Authentication“.
For details about “Password authentication or Certificate authentication” and “Password authentication
and Certificate authentication“, refer to “Combinations of Authentication Methods”.
Password and Certificate Authentication
Interstage Single Sign-on supports the following two authentication methods for user authentication.
Both methods can be used in combination.
• Password authentication
• Certificate authentication
With Interstage Single Sign-on, the two authentication methods can be specified separately or in
combination for the resources as access control targets for each user.
The authentication method for a user is set according to ssoAuthType, a user information entry
managed by the SSO repository of the repository server.