User Naming for SSO
One of the most important items to consider when designing a Domino and WebSphere SSO configuration is how users will be named, or, more specifically, how the user entries in the user directory will be named. A user name is the primary data involved in authentication and authorization mechanisms. For authentication, a user name supplied by the user either via a login prompt (for basic authentication) or via a client certificate (for SSL client certificate authentication) is validated against the user registry. The following user name issues often arise when designing SSO applications:
Uniqueness. Obviously, user names must uniquely represent clients. This becomes more difficult as the number of users increase.
Format. Users ...
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