Re: Deploying service providers together with old web sites

Prasad Shenoy wrote:

>Well, from what you said in your mail, I can see that you have more
>then one web sites that require the user to authenticate before then
>actually enter the web site.
>  
>
I have two services with two different authentication methods in the 
same domain.

>Now, are these web site with the same  provider ( in the same domain
>i.e.). If they are part of the same portal / web applicaiton then you
>need not have multiple SP's. The whole concept of SSO is to reduce the
> # of logins that a user had to do by providing a central point of
>authentication.
>
>So long story short: If all these WS(1,2,3....X) are part of same app
>domain then u dont have to have SP(1,2,3...X) for each authenticating
>web site. You can have only 1 SP and can direct ur authenticating web
>sites to get the information from this SP.
>
>Note: SP is a applicaiton and not just a web site.
>
>  
>

So I only need to deploy 1 SP and to develop a new authentication
mechanism by implementing AccountHandler interface.

Shall I have to modify the two services (the two web sites)?

Thank you!

Best regards,

Antonio Bonavita