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How to Analyze and Troubleshoot OpenSSO Deployments

A five-part Sun Developer Network article series explains how to analyze and troubleshoot OpenSSO deployments with the Mozilla Firefox web browser. Jim Faut along with contributions from Rick Palkovic begin with an introduction and configuration description, followed by these OpenSSO deployment examples: single sign-on and policy protection, cross-domain single sign-on, service provider initiated Fedlet single sign-on and identity provider initiated Fedlet single sign-on.

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Get Out-of-the-box Federation Support for Google’s SAAS Solution

Sun OpenSSO Express release provides organizations using Google Apps Premier Edition a rapid, federated single sign-on (SSO), enabling employees to use their enterprise logins to access Google Apps for increased security, accelerated user adoption, and improved administration benefits. Sun also is offering a starter kit for Google Apps, which is a simple step-by-step guide along with teaching tools.

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Reducing Complexity Is Among Sun’s Aims

Sun has plans for the Identity and Access Management (IAM) segment of the market, reports Brian Prince, reporting for eWEEK.com. Working with Passlogix and ActivIdentity on enterprise single sign-on, Sun is striving to establish deeper technical integration across Sun’s products. Enterprises can expect enhancements to Sun’s identity management offerings around SSO later this year, Prince reports.

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Article Series Addresses Securing Web Apps and Using Same-Domain SSO

In Part 1 of a three-part article series on “Protecting Java EE Applications with OpenSSO Policy Agents,” the authors deal with the basic steps of the process: installing and configuring Policy Agents to enforce authentication, single sign on (SSO) and authorization. Part 2 begins with an overview of the three types of SSO and demonstrate how to achieve same-domain SSO. Part 3, which has not been released, will show how access to predefined resources can be restricted to only certain users.

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