Questions tagged [single-sign-on]
Single Sign On (SSO) is the process of authenticating once against a single system to gain access to multiple (often unrelated) systems.
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Issue with Single Sign-On (SSO) Implementation for WPF application with ADFS/MSAL
I'm encountering an issue with the implementation of Single Sign-On (SSO) in our WPF application, and I'd appreciate some guidance or insights from the community. Here's a breakdown of our setup: We ...
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Session/cookie expire time, match access token or refresh token from AD?
I am tasked with moving away from implicit flow in a SPA. It is a basic solution consisting of a react SPA and a .net API, on the same domain. This web app is a case management solution that deals ...
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Best practises regarding authentication in SPA/API solutions with SSO
There is really not that great information on what the best practices are for auth in SPA/API solutions. Most of them just say use JWTs and auth code flow in the SPA. There is a ton of information ...
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Pre-Hijacking Mitigation
I want to create a website with password login and social login (e.g. Google only.) For password login, first I will send a verification email. I want to prevent pre-hijacking. For those who do not ...
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How can a users plaintext password be acquired while using biometricID with the following security model?
This is a slightly tough one to explain with my current experience, lacking mainstream terminology. But here goes. I have an encryption/security model whereby I do not store users plaintext passwords. ...
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OpenID Connect for authenticating a web-api
I want to accomplish the following: Having a web application or mobile app authenticating users using openid connect. Having a REST Api authenticated using openid connect using the same user as for ...
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Is single-sign-on making phishing attacks easier?
I am not questioning the security of the technical implementations of SSO, but the training of users to follow a potentially insecure access pattern. Background If you for example roll out SSO (single-...
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Multiple Keycloak instances versus one instance with many realms?
I plan to use Keycloak to authenticate / authorize various users and services across the organization. These include: Service-to-service End-users connecting from public internet Intranet users ...
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Is it possible to use cookie-based single sign-on authentication scheme if sites do not share a common DNS parent domain?
According to the "Single sign-on" page on Wikipedia: A simple version of single sign-on can be achieved over IP networks using cookies but only if the sites share a common DNS parent domain....
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How can I authorize access to a resource without knowing who I've authorized?
I have a database-backed web application, with authentication via organizational single sign-on, modeling a library lending system for digital books. I'd like to allow users to check out books and see ...
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Multiple user specific APIs with a single Authentication Server
I’m currently in need of some clarification for an authentication/overall strategy. First I will describe the use case and then the questions that arise for me. Use Case I want to have a single docker ...
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Implement an SPA with IFrames, but with Single Sign-on
I want to build an SPA with ASP.NET Core (Blazor server side) which some IFrames redirecting to other applications. In this example I have f.e. the SPA, Grafana to show graphs and Node-Red, but there ...
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SSO SAML2: validating/verifying the SAMLResponse at the ACS
So it's unclear how much more security needs to happen at the ACS point. I can see that the IDP signs a signature that involves a certificate and private key. The SP can verify the signature with the ...
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Is it safe to pass an OpenID Connect ID token to my back-end API for verification?
I am currently adding single sign-on functionality between my application and an electronic health record (EHR) system. The SSO is done using the OpenID Connect authorization code flow, but unlike a ...
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Should I disable TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 support on my web servers
Currently, my webserver support TLS 1.0 TLS 1.1 TLS 1.2 One of your single sign-on clients will move to TLS 1.2 on 1st April 2020. Can I remove TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 now? Or I need to wait till ...