Document Type

Theses, Masters

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Disciplines

Computer Sciences

Publication Details

Thesis submitted to the Office of Postgraduate Studies and Research at the Technological University Dublin in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)

Abstract

The work presented in this MPhil thesis addresses this challenge by developing a new simplified FSSO system that allows end-users to access desktop systems, web-based services/applications and non-web based services/applications using one authentication process. This new system achieves this using two major components: an “Authentication Infrastructure Integration Program (AIIP)" and an “Integration of Desktop Authentication and Web-based Authentication (IDAWA)." The AIIP acquires Kerberos tickets (for end-users who have been authenticated by a Kerberos single sign-on system in one net- work domain) from Kerberos single sign-on systems in different network domains without establishing trust between these Kerberos single sign-on systems. The IDAWA is an extension to the web-based authentication systems (i.e. the web portal), and it authenticates end-users by verifying the end-users' Kerberos tickets. This research also developed new criteria to determine which FSSO system can deliver true single sign-on to the end-users (i.e. allowing end-users to access desktop systems, web-based services/applications and non-web based services/applications using one authentication process). The evaluation shows that the new simplified FSSO system (i.e. the combination of AIIP and IDAWA) can deliver true single sign-on to the end- users. In addition, the evaluation shows the new simplified FSSO system has advantages over existing FSSO systems as it does not require additional modifications to network domains' existing non-web based authentication infrastructures (i.e. Kerberos single sign- on systems) and their firewall rules.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21427/D7SB49

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