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IVOA Single-Sign-On Profile: Authentication Mechanisms
Version 1.01

IVOA Proposed Recommendation 04 September 2007

Interest/Working Group:
http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/IvoaGridAndWebServices
Author(s):
The Grid and Web Services Working Group
Editor(s):
Guy Rixon Matthew Graham

Abstract

Approved client-server authentication mechanisms are described for the IVOA single-sign-on profile: digital signatures (for SOAP services); TLS with passwords (for user sign-on points); TLS with client certificates (for everything else). Normative rules are given for the implementation of these mechanisms, mainly by reference to pre-existing standards.

Status of this document

This is an IVOA Proposed Recommendation made available for public review.
It is appropriate to reference this document only as a recommended standard that is under review and which may be changed before it is accepted as a full recommendation.



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