Novell® Single Sign-on (NSSO) with v-GO* for Novell Single Sign-on from Passlogix, Inc. is a simple and secure password management solution. Using the power of Novell Directory Services (NDS®), the security of Novell SecretStoreTM, and the intelligent logon capabilities of v-GO to recognize applications, users can access most Windows-, Web-, and mainframe-based applications with a single password.
After you've authenticated to NDS, NSSO stores and retrieves the appropriate login credentials. NSSO eliminates the need to remember or synchronize all the multiple passwords required for accessing password-protected applications, Web sites, and mainframes.
The NSSO consists of the following:
The purpose of the following sections is to help you get a big picture of the NSSO system.
This topic is a glossary of key terms concerning what runs on the server, what runs on the workstation, and NSSO objects in NDS.
The second topic explains how these server components, workstation components, and NDS objects work together. This background prepares you for installing, setting up, managing, using, and troubleshooting NSSO.
This topic explains how NSSO is packaged. Functionality depends on the package that you purchased.
To use Novell Single Sign on, you install Single Sign-on on servers and workstations, set up the Single Sign-on system, and then define Windows and mainframe applications to the system.