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About Web Single Sign-On

In a Web SSO implementation, users are authenticated by a third party at the Web-site level. Siebel Business Applications support this mode of authentication by providing an interface that allows the third party to pass user information to Siebel Business Applications. Once authenticated by the third party, a user does not have to explicitly log into Siebel Business Applications. Web SSO allows you to deploy Siebel Business Applications into existing Web sites or portals.

Web SSO architecture is appropriate for Web sites on which only approved registered users can gain access to sensitive data, such as a Web site on which you share data with your channel partners.

NOTE:  Web SSO authentication does not apply to the Siebel Mobile Web Client. When connecting to the local database using Siebel Mobile Web Client, mobile users must use local database authentication. For a particular Siebel application, when users connect from the Siebel Developer Web Client to the server database, the authentication mechanism must be the same as that used for Siebel Web Client users. For information about authentication options for local database synchronization for mobile users, see Siebel Remote and Replication Manager Administration Guide.

See the following topics for additional information about Web Single Sign-On:

• Web SSO Authentication Process
• Web SSO Limitations