Sidewinder G2 6.1.2 Administration Guide - Glossary of Technical ...

Chapter 10: Setting Up Authentication
Configuring SSO
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The Port Number field displays the port used by the Windows domain controller.
The default value is 139. This field cannot be modified.
2 In the Windows Domain Controller Name field, type the name of this
Windows domain controller. Type only the host or computer name, not the
fully qualified name. You can determine the name by selecting My
Computer > Control Panel > Network on the Windows controller.
3 Click Add to add the entry to the list of Windows domain controllers.
Configuring SSO Single sign-on (SSO) works in conjunction with a specified authentication
method to cache a user’s initial authentication, thereby allowing access to
multiple services with a single successful authentication to the Sidewinder G2.
Figure 139: SSO
Configuration tab
This is done by storing the source IP address for a successful authentication in
a cache. All proxy rule services that require authentication will check that
cache for successful authentication. If the source IP address exists in the
cache, transparent authentication based on the initial authentication takes
place and the user is allowed access without manually re-authenticating.
You can configure SSO to expire cached authentications after a specified time
period has passed (for example, you may choose to require each user to reauthenticate
every two hours). You also have the option to require a user to reauthenticate
after a specified period of idle time (for example, a user must reauthenticate
if the cached authentication has not been accessed for one hour
or more). You also have the option to manually expire cached authentication
for a specific user(s) or for all users, at any time.
To configure SSO, in the Admin Console select Services Configuration >
Servers, and select the SSO server. To enable the SSO server, select the
check boxes for the appropriate burbs. To configure the SSO server, select the
Configuration tab. The following window appears.