Novell SecureLogin makes deploying single sign-on functionality easier than ever. With a market-leading integration wizard and out-of-the-box support for dozens of applications, on-boarding applications becomes a simple, automated process.
The purpose of integrating Authasas Advanced Authentication® with Novell® SecureLogin is to replace the Windows password which protects all NSL™-managed credentials with several authentication methods that are both secure and easy to use. Such methods include, biometric fingerprint, simple smart card, contactless smart cards, and even Flash drive + PIN technologies. SecureLogin will leverage the new strong authentication method(s) for initial authentication, as well as for any subsequent authentication required by a NSL™ secure workflow, or when configured for re-authentication to an SSO-enabled application.
Authasas Advanced Authentication® leverages a similar architecture to Novell® SecureLogin in an Active Directory infrastructure. Like SecureLogin, all credential data is stored in Active Directory for high availability and redundancy. In addition to the directory components, Authenticore authentication servers are deployed to dedicated or shared Windows servers to support multi-factor authentication. Authentication servers are deployed as required to support the Microsoft network topology, leveraging Microsoft® Sites to distribute the servers for load balancing and redundancy. Authasas® Workstation provides the client components required to allow users to logon with a multi-factor method and device. The workstation components are deployed to Windows® workstations, including VDI desktops. The Workstation components may also be deployed to terminal servers and Citrix XenApp / Xen Desktop servers to support strong authentication for hosted systems.
Authasas® integrates with Novell® SecureLogin through client-side interfaces as depicted in the previous diagram. This integration strategy provides the most flexible and minimally invasive method to a combined strong authentication single sign-on deployment. Localizing authentication requests to the client-side SSO solution, allows both NSL™ and Authasas® infrastructures to deploy and scale independently.
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