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tminfw2
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May 06, 2016

Client authentication methods versus Single Sign On methods

Currently, we mostly have the following structure for our APM profiles:   Present a logon page Verify entered username/password using any of these methods: LDAP, AD, Radius,... Map username and...
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Yann_Desmarest_
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May 06, 2016

Hello,

 

You are right, when choosing Kerberos, client certificate or ntlm authentication, you retrict your capabilities on the authentication mecanism supported on the backend for SSO.

 

When using authentication mecanism not prompting for password, you can only use kerberos delegation, saml or header based SSO.

 

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tminfw2
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May 06, 2016
In this case, server side SSO is ntlmv2. If I understand well, does this mean that I am limited to also using ntlm on the client side?