> I know I'm nitpicking - but since this bothers me on a weekly > basis I thought I'd mention: in most cases LDAP-enabling an > app does not constitute "single sign-on".
Yeah, I'm aware of the difference. My point was that enterprises are aiming towards the latter, but won't even consider solutions that can't do the former. I suppose I could've worded it better. > Web-based SSO like Yale's CAS or its commercial > alternatives would be installed in a lot more places if > people knew the how(s) + why(s). I'm actually running into a lot more people using Siteminder recently. My previous experience with it was pretty unpleasant, when it was bundled with Spectra, but people who're using it now seem to know what they're doing with it. > As a side note, those large enterprises will consider a > platform that doesn't do federated logon or SSO if there's > enough dog+pony shows to convince execs that you won't need > it and maintaining "one more userbase" is lots of fun :) Yes, and then their IT staff will do their best to sink the project through lack of support. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:246701 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
