Re: Anyone Using a SSO (Single Sign-On) software?
From: Laura A. Robinson [MVP] (geekwench_at_snippit.hotmail.com)
Date: 02/10/04
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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 18:39:19 -0500
In article <eyNbPq17DHA.1112@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>,
fcyarbrough@yahoo.com says...
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> Laura,
>
> In a nutshell I am looking for the TRUE Cons on implementing a SSO
> system. Evidently, some executive here saw a demo on how great the Single
> Sign-on system is and they want to know what it will take to do it. These
> are the same people who gripe and moan because we want to spend a dollar to
> upgrade a server. I know that the Pro's are that this system only requires
> you to login once and then you have access to everything. Fine and dandy
> for the end user as they can now remove the 3 yellow post-its and just have
> one. Now us poor saps in the IT department have yet another cluster of
> tangled systems to manage. I can foresee system incompatibilities, client
> upgrades screwing up the SSO, VPN and RADIUS servers now being thrown in the
> mix, Dial-up routers, UNIX, Windows 2003 Active Directory, Linux, Oracle,
> all of our password protected extranet sites, workarounds galore, gobs of
> money and time spent ......... Maybe I am wrong, but I just don't see the
> SSO as a replacement for intelligence. Am I wrong here?
>
Nope, you're pretty much right. :-) Okay, seriously, these systems can
definitely make things easier in the long run, but there are some
serious set-up and maintenance plans that you need to undertake in order
to use them effectively. There's work involved, no doubt about it.
Laura
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