Solving Identity Management in Modern Applications: Demystifying OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SAML 2.0

© Yvonne Wilson, Abhishek Hingnikar  2019

Y. Wilson, A. HingnikarSolving Identity Management in Modern Applicationshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5095-2_11

11. Single Sign-On

Yvonne Wilson¹  and Abhishek Hingnikar²

(1)

San Francisco, CA, USA

(2)

London, UK

 

A ripple widening from a single stoneWinding around the waters of the world.

—Theodore Roethke, American poet, from The Far Field (1964)

Now that we’ve covered sessions, we can discuss single sign-on (SSO), starting with what it is and why it is valuable. We’ll also cover how it works and considerations for attributes of single sign-on sessions to help you design SSO for your projects.

What Is SSO?

Single sign-on is the ability for a user to authenticate once and access multiple applications without ...