10.6. LTPA
Lightweight Third Party Authentication (LTPA) is intended for distributed, multiple application server and machine environments. It supports forwardable credentials, and therefore supports Single Sign-On. LTPA can support security in a distributed environment through the use of cryptography.
LTPA requires that the configured User Registry be a central shared repository such as LDAP, a Windows Domain type registry, or a custom user registry.
Figure 10-14. Configuring LTPA for the application server
For more information on authentication mechanisms, refer to “Authentication mechanisms” on page 224.
10.6.1. Single Sign-On
Single Sign-On ...
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