On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 09:25:42AM -0600, Michael L Torrie wrote: > but authentication comes from another source. Kerberos is likely the > best place for it. Now if we had a full Kerberos architecture at BYU > like MIT does, then everything from unix shell access to file sharing to > web resources would all be done using kerberos credentials. > Unfortunately that requires add-on software for almost all operating > systems and even Firefox doesn't natively support kerberos.
I also agree that Kerberos would be the best solution. Any time I hear single sign-on, Kerberos immediately pops in my head. Doesn't Firefox support GSSAPI? If so, then it also supports Kerberos, as long as the Kerberos server (KDC) supports GSSAPI (which I think most implementations do). Hmm, I just found this link: http://www.grolmsnet.de/kerbtut/firefox.html Phillip -- Phillip Hellewell <phillip AT hellewell.homeip.net> -------------------- 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
