Introduction to SAML for Managers

SAML allows your users to be authenticated and authorized without direct interaction with your web site. It does this by creating a trust relationship between the site and a trusted third party who vouches for the identity of the user. This article explains both how this happens and what the additional benefits are.

Configuring Tomcat Single Sign-on with SPNEGO (Kerberos & LDAP)

So what is SPNEGO? SPNEGO stands for Simple and Protected GSSAPI Negotiation Mechanism (SPNEGO). It is a mechanism by which an authenticating body negotiates with the authenticator what security protocol to use, for example Kerberos, NTLM, Digest or Basic