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Single Sign-On and the System Administrator
Michael Fleming Grubb and Rob Carter, Duke University
Large organizations are increasingly shifting critical computing operations from traditional host-based application platforms to network-distributed, client-server platforms. The resulting proliferation of disparate systems poses problems for end-users, who must frequently track multiple electronic identities across different systems, as well as for system administrators, who must manage security and access for those systems. Single sign-on mechanisms have become increasingly important in solving these problems. System administrators who are not already being pressured to provide single sign-on solutions can expect to be in the near future. Duke University has recently embarked on an enterprise-wide single sign-on project. This paper discusses the various factors involved in the decision to deploy a single sign-on solution, reviews a variety of available approaches to the problem of electronic identity proliferation, and documents Duke's research and findings to date.
author = {Michael Fleming Grubb and Rob Carter},
title = {Single {Sign-On} and the System Administrator},
booktitle = {12th Systems Administration Conference (LISA 98)},
year = {1998},
address = {Boston, MA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa-98/single-sign-and-system-administrator},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = dec
}
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