How Does SSO (Single Sign-On) work?
What is SSO? SSO is a type of authentication process which can be used to log in to multiple applications at once. Lots of big tech orgs like oracle etc use it. When i joined oracle ,I first heard about SSO and since then I have been curious to learn about it, and now sharing it as well with you all. This type of authentication uses a central authentication server to store the user's credentials and then verifies them for each application. There are 3 main components of a SSO authentication system : 1. Identity Provider : This is the central authentication server, this is the place where the user enters his/her credentials and then gets verified. To explain it in more simpler terms think of it as the entrance of a high security building. 2. Service Provider : These are the individual applications that the user tries to access via SSO, for ex some tool or platform or even your wold email.To understand it more clearly think of it as small offices in the high security building. 3. ...