On Friday 27 April 2007 08:45:44 am Robert LeBlanc wrote: > They have been using siteminder, but it has had it's share of > problems. I think there is a client cost or something and is usually > only ever used on University (OIT) controlled systems.
The problem with SiteMinder was installing the client on the web server. That was always a pain since very few OS's/distributions/web server combos were formally supported. I tried to get it to work on SuSE and it never worked. However, they use the Reverse Proxy now and that allows any system to use it. Basically, if a page requires authentication, SiteMinder will redirect to the login page and once they are authenticated it will pass the request through with server variables for the BYU ID and Net ID. On your end you never have to create a login page, or accept username/passwords. Siteminder does all that for you. I am using it in the Testing Center and we are not part of OIT (and in a way proud if it). Anyone can use Siteminder, AFAIK. -- Alberto Treviño [EMAIL PROTECTED] CID Testing Center Brigham Young University -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
