Authenticating users

The process of authenticating users involves a user registry and an authentication mechanism. Optionally, we can define trust between WebSphere Application Server and a proxy server, configure single sign-on capability, and specify how to propagate security attributes between application servers.

• Configure a user registry.
• Configure WebSEAL
• Configure SSO
• Propagate security attributes.
• Configure the authentication cache.

What to do next

After completing the configuring the authentication process, authorize access to resources.

Subtopics

1. Characters that are valid for user IDs and passwords
   
2. Select an authentication mechanism
   
3. Single sign-on for authentication
   
4. Configure an OpenID Connect Relying Party
   
5. OpenID Connect overview
   
6. Configure an OpenID Relying Party
   
7. OpenID authentication overview
   
8. Configure administrative authentication
   
9. Job manager security
   
10. JAAS
    
11. Use the JAAS programming model for web authentication
    
12. Performing identity mapping for authorization across servers in different realms
    
13. Security attribute propagation
    
14. Configure CSIv2 inbound and outbound communication settings
    
15. Authentication protocol for EJB security
    
16. Use Microsoft Active Directory for authentication
    
17. SAML web single sign-on
    

Related:

Trust associations