Sun Java System Portal Server 7.2 Developer's Guide

Authentication APIs

The Portal Server uses the Access Manager APIs for authentication, single sign-on, session, profile, and logging.

In general, most development work for a portal developer in the Access Manager area will be to customize the authentication interfaces. The following table explains the authentication development tasks and where to go for the information.

Table 1–1 Authentication Development Tasks

If you want to 

Refer 

Change the look and feel of the authentication screen 

Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Developer’s Guide

Enable or disable authentication modules 

Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Developer’s Guide

Add a custom authentication module 

Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Developer’s Guide. By default, the Access Manager supplies authentication modules for the following types of logins:

Anonymous, Certificate, LDAP, Membership, RADIUS, SafeWord, SecureID, and UNIX.