What is josso?
JOSSO, or Java Open Single Sign-on, IS An Open Source J2EE-BASED SSO INFRASTRUCTURE AIMED TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION for Centralized Platform Neutral User Authentication.
Pluggable Framework
The Pluggable Framework Allows to Implement and Combine Multiple Authentication Schemes with Credential Stores.
An Authentication Scheme Is A Security Mechanisms Used To Verify User Identity Based ON His Credentials. Sample Authentication Schemes Are UserName / Password Authentication OR Certificate Based Authentication.
Credential Stores Are Repositories for User Credentials To BE Used During The User Authentication Transaction
You Could Configure Josso To Use for Example Certificate-Based Authentication Scheme Obtaining User X.509 CERTIFICES A DATABASE USING JDBC.
Multi-Platform Single Sign-on
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Reverse Proxy Support
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Standard based
Josso Security Infrastructure is based on Jaas (Java Authentication and Authorization Service) JOSSO Uses Web Services Implementing Axis As The Distributed Infrastructure. JOSSO Uses Struts and JSP Standards
